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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated.] J. Molaison finds that the trial court properly denied an adopted daughter's wrongful death action on behalf of her biological father against the manufacturer of a powered wheelchair and homeowner after the wheelchair caught on fire in the home. In this case, the adopted daughter unequivocally testified she was adopted by another man when she was a minor, and therefore had no right to assert a survival and wrongful death action on her biological father as a result of his death. Further, under Rismiller, Louisiana Civil Code articles 2315.1, 2315.1 and 199 do not unconstitutionally deprive children given in adoption of a right of action, as "[a] rational basis exists for limiting the categories of eligible claimants in La. C.C. arts. 2315.1 and 2315.2 to those who ‘are likely to be most affected by the death of the deceased.’" Affirmed.