Haulcy v. Chrysler Motor Corp., Dodge Truck Division

SEXTON, Judge.

This is an appeal in a products liability case in which the trial court found that the plaintiffs, Robert A. Canty, A. C. Haulcy, and Howard Brown had failed to carry their burden of proving that a defect existed in the brake system of a 1976 Dodge truck manufactured by the defendant, Chrysler Corporation. We affirm.

On September 10, 1977, Robert A. Canty while operating the 1976 Dodge truck with a 17-foot Crestliner boat and trailer in tow, failed to stop at the intersection of Lincoln Parish Highway 26 and Louisiana Highway 554. The truck traveled through the “T” shaped…