prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,855 Corrine Nicholas v. Homelite Corporation, a Division of Textron, Inc., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Homelite appeals a $300,000 judgment entered against it in a wrongful death action based on strict products liability and negligence. It argues that Louisiana law required application of comparative fault principles, that the trial was unfairly prejudicial, that the jury instructions and interrogatories constituted plain error, that damages were excessive, and that the district court erred on a number of evidentia-ry rulings. We find merit only in the comparative fault contention. We affirm the judgment against Homelite, but reduce it to $150,000 in proportion to the…