State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Gibson Products of Sulphur

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Robert and Hazel Atkinson, and their insurer, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, sued defendants Gibson Products of Sulphur (hereinafter Gibson’s) and its insurer, Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company, and Unelco Electronics Corporation (hereinafter Unelco) to recover damages sustained, by them because of the loss of their home to fire.1 The defendants, Gibson’s and Unelco, were the vendor and manufacturer respectively of an allegedly defective stereo radio and phonograph purchased by the Atkinsons as a Christmas gift for their teen-aged daughter,…