Legal Opinion
Guillory v. Domtar Industries Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1996No. 94-41292PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
In this Louisiana products liability action, a jury awarded the plaintiffs over $6 million for injuries sustained because a fork fell off a forklift and struck Anthony Guillory in the head. The jury found that the forklift was improperly installed and maintained by Anthony Guillory’s employer, Domtar Industries. The jury also found that the manufacturers, Deere & Company and John Deere Industrial Equipment Company (“Deere”), provided inadequate warnings regarding the forklift. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Domtar because the Louisiana workers’…
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