Legal Opinion
Caboni v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 2, 2002No. 00-31327PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FALLON, District Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant James Caboni appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee General Motors Corporation on Plaintiff Appellant’s products liability action brought pursuant to the Louisiana Products Liability Act (“LPLA”). For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND the case for further consideration.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On December 22, 1998, Plaintiff-Appellant James Caboni was driving his 1996 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck along Interstate 310 in Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana, when an unidentified vehicle…
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