Cited by
Opinions in Louisiana that cite Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Industries, 462 So. 2d 166.
- Foster v. Craig Equipment Co. 550 So. 2d 818 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1989
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Nary v. Budget Rent A Car
539 So. 2d 873
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1989
In Bell v. Jet Wheet Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, the Louisiana Supreme Court stated that in order to recover from a manufacturer or supplier under a strict product liability theory, a plaintiff must prove: (1) that the injury or damage resulted from the condition of the product; (2) that the condition made the product unreasonably dangerous to normal use
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Antley v. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
539 So. 2d 696
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1989
DeBattista v. Argonaut-Southwest Ins.
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Strain v. Mitchell Mfg. Co.
534 So. 2d 1385
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1988
In Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, the court commented on the application of comparative fault to strict products liability situations: "Where the threat of a reduction in recovery will provide consumers with an incentive to use a product carefully, without exacting an inordinate sacrifice of other interests, comparative principles should be
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Peterson v. Western World Ins. Co.
536 So. 2d 639
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1988
In its reasons for judgment, the trial court cited Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, as authority for the proposition that the application of comparative negligence in the instant case would be inappropriate in light of the goals of strict liability.
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Boubel v. Gilardi
532 So. 2d 948
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1988
The Supreme Court, in Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind., held: Using the same approach [Restatement Second of the Law of Torts Section 402A] to formulate rules for defenses to *951 strict products liability, we conclude that the defense of contributory negligence as a complete bar to recovery should be rejected entirely, and that comparative fault may be app
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Pitre v. Opelousas General Hosp.
530 So. 2d 1151
La. 1988
See e.g., PPG Industries, *1157 (La.1985); Prosser & Keeton, supra at § 4.
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Watson v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
529 So. 2d 427
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1988
See Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, and its progeny.
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Butler v. Baber
529 So. 2d 374
La. 1988
See Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, Geny, Methode d'Interpretation Et Sources En Droit Privé Positif §§ 155, 156 (Trans.La.
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Prather v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., Inc.
526 So. 2d 1325
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988
DeBattista v. Argonaut-Southwest Ins.
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Howard v. Allstate Ins. Co.
520 So. 2d 715
La. 1988
See Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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Murray v. Ramada Inns, Inc.
521 So. 2d 1123
La. 1988
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, (discussing the similar absence of early civilian authority on comparative fault).
- Howard v. Allstate Ins. Co. 510 So. 2d 685 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1987
- Toups v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., Inc. 507 So. 2d 809 La. 1987
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Whittle v. MILLER ELECTRICAL MFG. CO.
507 So. 2d 266
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1987
DeBattista v. Argonaut-Southwest Ins.
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Givens v. F.W. Woolworth Co.
508 So. 2d 164
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Barbin on Behalf of Barbin v. State
506 So. 2d 888
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987
In Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, (La.
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Allien v. Humphries Motors, Inc.
509 So. 2d 499
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Goutierrez v. R & J Quarterhorse Stables
509 So. 2d 551
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987
The liability would not be “strict.” Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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LeBleu v. Homelite Div. of Textron, Inc.
509 So. 2d 563
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1987
DeBattista v. Argonaut-Southwest Ins.
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Robinson v. Hardy
505 So. 2d 767
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1987
However, in the application of this article to Louisiana tort doctrine, and Turner v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc., (La.
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Chatelain v. PROJECT SQUARE
505 So. 2d 177
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1987
After Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Erwin Industries, a case by case approach is authorized.
- Guillotte v. Dept. of Transp. & Development 503 So. 2d 618 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1987
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Thomas v. Black & Decker (US), Inc.
502 So. 2d 157
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1987
The trial court ruled that the principle of comparative fault would not be applied in this case, because the factual basis of this case was indistinguishable from that of Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind., a case involving an industrial accident resulting in an injury to an employee's hand due to defective machinery and the employee's ordinary contributory negligence.
- Toups v. Sears Roebuck and Co., Inc. 499 So. 2d 344 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1987
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Whitacre v. Halo Optical Products, Inc.
501 So. 2d 994
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1987
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Gallagher v. Favrot
499 So. 2d 1205
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1986
Art. 2323; and see Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind[us]., "
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Rozell v. Louisiana Animal Breeders Co-Op., Inc.
496 So. 2d 275
La. 1986
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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Landry v. State
495 So. 2d 1284
La. 1986
In Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, (La.
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Ponthier v. City of New Orleans
496 So. 2d 1050
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1986
NOTES [1] See Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind., and its progeny.
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Mercer v. Fruehauf Corp.
492 So. 2d 538
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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Rozell v. LA. ANIMAL BREEDERS CO-OP., INC.
486 So. 2d 968
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
[2] Citing Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind., plaintiff also argues comparative negligence has always been the law in this State and, accordingly, should be applied in the present case.
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Wood v. Cambridge Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
486 So. 2d 1129
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1986
Art. 2323; and see Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Thompson v. Tuggle
486 So. 2d 144
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
In Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind., the Supreme Court rejected the defense of contributory negligence as a complete bar in products liability cases, and allowed a reduction of plaintiff's recovery in certain cases.
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Joseph v. Bohn Ford, Inc.
483 So. 2d 934
La. 1986
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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Motton v. Travelers Ins. Co.
484 So. 2d 816
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
See also, Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Harper v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
484 So. 2d 737
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
See Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
484 So. 2d 110
La. 1986
DeBattista v. Argonaut-Southwest Ins.
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Marshall v. Beno Truck Equipment, Inc.
481 So. 2d 1022
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
We recognize that the Louisiana Supreme Court in Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Indus., recently held that "contributory negligence does not apply in strict products liability cases and that the principle of comparative fault may be applied in some products cases according to precepts formulated by analogy from the principles of Civil Code article 2323 and former article 2323, and other r
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LaJaunie v. METRO. PROPERTY & LIABILITY INS. CO.
481 So. 2d 1357
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
It is remarkable that the legal conclusions of the trial judge, who was without the benefit of the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision in Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind., are so consistent with this most recent pronouncement of the Supreme Court.
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Dotson v. Matthews
480 So. 2d 860
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1985
See Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Varnado v. Sanders
477 So. 2d 1205
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Cf. Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Lanclos v. Rockwell Intern. Corp.
477 So. 2d 87
La. 1985
MARCUS, J., would grant to reconsider Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Walker v. Maybelline Co.
477 So. 2d 1136
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, (La.
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Elliott v. Eaves
476 So. 2d 388
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1985
which extended comparative principles to *394 products liability cases, a field traditionally closed to plaintiff fault.
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Aguillard v. Langlois
471 So. 2d 1011
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
However, the Louisiana Supreme Court stated that in strict products liability "the adoption of a system of comparative fault should, where it applies, entail the merger of the defenses of misuse and assumption of risk into the general scheme of assessment of liability in proportion to fault."
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Turner v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.
471 So. 2d 709
La. 1985
Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries
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Joseph v. Bohn Ford, Inc.
472 So. 2d 185
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Louisiana law on products liability is expressed recently by our Supreme Court in Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, as follows: “...
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Lanclos v. Rockwell Intern. Corp.
470 So. 2d 924
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Restatement Second of Torts § 402A; Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Ind.
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Turner v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America
472 So. 2d 43
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
See, Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, a recent supplement to our confusion.