Opinion
No. 95-C-0939.
November 25, 1996. Rehearing not considered December 13, 1996.
ON REHEARING
J. Thomas Anderson, Esq., John Vance Robichaux, Jr. Esq., Walter Landry Smith, Esq., Glenn Edward Diaz, Esq., Counsel for Applicant.
Robert E. Winn, Esq., Joy Goldberg Braun, Esq., Sharon Cormack Mize, Esq., SESSIONS FISHMAN: David Joseph Bourgeois, Esq., DUPLASS, WITMANN, ZWAIN WILLIAMS: Pike Hall, Jr., Counsel for Respondent.
Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr. Esq., Joel L. Borrello, Esq., Robert John Conrad, Jr. Esq., Shannan Leigh Boudreaux, Esq., Hugh F. Young, Jr. Esq., Counsel for Product Liability Advisory Council (Amicus Curiae).
William Hector Howard, III Esq., Harry Alston Johnson, III Esq., Arthur Howell Andrews, Esq., William Shelby McKenzie, Esq., Counsel for Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Amicus Curiae).
We granted rehearing to reconsider whether the trial court committed manifest error in finding that the Volkswagen seat was defectively designed, and whether plaintiffs presented reliable evidence that a feasible alternative design existed that would have prevented the decedent's death.
Upon further review, we find that the evidence supports the trial court's findings. Accordingly, we reinstate our original opinion which reaffirms the trial court's judgment.
ORIGINAL OPINION REINSTATED
WATSON, J., — not on panel, Rule IV, Part 2, § 3.
VICTORY, J., — dissents.
MARCUS J., — dissents.
LEMMON, J., — concurs.