HENDERSON v. TODD SHIPYARDS

Nos. CA-2098, CA-2356.

462 So.2d 242 (1984)

Nancy Frederick Henderson wife of/and Nolden HENDERSON, Jr. v. TODD SHIPYARDS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied February 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Britt, Leach & Paysse; Gary M. Zwain; Thomas E. Loehn; Joseph L. von Rosenberg, III, Leonard A. Young, Franklin H. Jones, III, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon; Thomas R. Blum, Kenneth R. Bowen, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn; James L. Selman, II, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre; Robert A. Vosbein, Lynn M. Luker, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Cheryl A. Denney, Gertler & Gertler, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Before REDMANN, WARD and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a ruling by the trial court granting defendants' exceptions of prescription and dismissing plaintiff's action.

On October 3, 1972, plaintiff's husband died of lung cancer. Plaintiff alleges that she learned on June 29, 1982, that her husband's lung cancer could possibly have been caused by toxic substances with which he had worked while employed by Todd Shipyards. On May 31, 1983, plaintiff filed a wrongful death action...

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