Legal Opinion
Frederick v. General Motors Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 24, 1989No. 88-200PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUIDRY, Judge.
In this products liability suit, plaintiffs, the survivors of Eldon Frederick, appeal a jury verdict and subsequent judgment dismissing with prejudice their claims against defendants for damages they sustained when their decedent was rolled over by a school bus.
In June 1984, Eldon Frederick was employed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board as janitor and bus driver for the Career Development Center (CDC) in Cot-tonport, Louisiana. On the morning of June 5, 1984, Keith Morrow, the principal of the CDC, instructed Frederick to conduct a pre-inspection of the CDC’s 1977 General…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Weber v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Co. of NYSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Green v. State, Southwest Louisiana Charity Hosp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lavespere v. Niagara Machine & Tool Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Lavespere v. Niagara Machine & Tool WorksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990