Title v. Pontchartrain Hotel’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Musso's approach to implied warranty of purveyors of food is a two-pronged one. If the harmful substance is foreign, the defendant is strictly liable and the analysis stops. If the substance is natural to the food, however, the analysis continues: the negligence of the defendant must be determined. [...] Until the Louisiana Supreme Court issues a directive to the contrary, this court will continue to employ the "foreign-natural" test to determine liability in cases such as the one at bar.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 478 So. 2d 965 - Riviere v. JC Penney Co., Inc.

2. “there [was not] anything further the defendant's oyster fryers could reasonably do to eliminate the very slim possibility of a pearl remaining imbedded in the oyster. Intense scrutiny and through palpitation of every oyster to be served is simply not feasible in any restaurant situation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 713 So. 2d 454 - Porteous v. St. Ann's Cafe & Deli

3. “test to determine liability in cases such as the one at bar. We find the Fourth Circuit's reasoning sound and agree completely with our learned brothers on this issue. However, before one even gets to application of the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 478 So. 2d 965 - Riviere v. JC Penney Co., Inc.