Case Name: Michael BROWN, Individually and as Natural Tutor of the Minor Child, Marcus Brown v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY and Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-01-07
Citations: 516 So. 2d 1154
Docket Number: Nos. 87-C-0726, 87-C-0732
Parties: Michael BROWN, Individually and as Natural Tutor of the Minor Child, Marcus Brown v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Judges: COLE, J., concurs in denial, with reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 516
Pages: 1154–1155

Head Matter:
Michael BROWN, Individually and as Natural Tutor of the Minor Child, Marcus Brown v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Nos. 87-C-0726, 87-C-0732.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 7, 1988.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Rehearing denied. In an abundance of caution, we elaborate upon the majority opinion, 514 So.2d 439 (La.1987). It is not our intention to hold that all escalators are unreasonably dangerous to small children. We merely found that the escalator in this case was unreasonably dangerous because of a failure to provide an adequate warning of a danger inherent in the use of the escalator which was not within the knowledge of or obvious to the ordinary user. This is an independent finding by this court and not an affirmance of the trial court's directed verdict which was flawed by an error of law.
COLE, J., concurs in denial, with reasons.
MARCUS, J., would grant a rehearing.
LEMMON, J., dissents from the denial of rehearing and assigns reasons.