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WILSON v. HARTZMAN

No. 10219.

373 So.2d 204 (1979)

Devril R. WILSON v. Edwin HARTZMAN, Al Bossier, Eddie Blanchard, Chuck Starkingburg, Paul Tregre, Charles Calzada, Charles Forrester, Bill Stratton, Dalvin Breaux, Joe Digiovani and John Chantery.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 1979.

Writ Refused October 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry P. Boudreaux, Thibodaux, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hulse & Nelson, Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Allen R. Fontenot, New Orleans, for third party defendant-appellee, Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Christovich & Kearney, William K. Christovich, New Orleans, Bernard, Cassisa, Babst & Saporito, Paul V. Cassisa and B. Frank Davis, Metairie, for defendant-appellee, American Optical Corp.

Ralph S. Johnson, New Orleans, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, James L. Selman, II, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Mine Safety Appliance Co.

Drury & Lozes, Felicien P. Lozes, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Commercial Union Insurance Co.

Before LEMMON, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.

LEMMON, Judge.

The sole issue raised by plaintiff's appeal is whether his tort suit against his employer's executive officers and the manufacturers of certain safety equipment, seeking recovery for silicosis contracted on the job, was barred by C.C. art. 3536's prescription of one year.

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Plaintiff, who was employed by Avondale Shipyards, Inc. from 1962 through 1975 in the painting and sandblasting department, testified: In 1968 his physician diagnosed...

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