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CARTER v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 80-C-2903.

415 So.2d 174 (1981)

Jessie L. CARTER v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing May 17, 1982.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart E. Niles, Jr., of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

David Gertler, of Gertler & Gertler, New Orleans, James L. Donovan, of Donovan & Lawler, Metairie, for plaintiff-respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.

This is a dispute between successive employers over liability for workmen's compensation benefits due plaintiff on account of total and permanent disability caused by silicosis.

Plaintiff was employed by Dibert, Bancroft & Ross (DBR) as a sand mixer from 1940 to 1968, working daily with materials which can cause silicosis. Plaintiff left DBR in 1968 and began working for Avondale Shipyards, Inc. in essentially the same type of employment...

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