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WATKINS v. J. RAY McDERMOTT, INC.

No. 84-CA-378.

466 So.2d 636 (1985)

Dessie WATKINS v. J. RAY McDERMOTT, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Dessie Watkins.

Harry Verlander, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Gretna Machine Iron Works.

Christina P. Fay, Craig R. Nelson, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Clemco Industries.

Gary M. Zwain, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp.

Thomas E. Loehn, Tom Lewis, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Union Ins. Co.

Philippi P. St. Pee, Thomas G. Milazzo, Francipane, Regan & St. Pee, Metairie, for defendants-appellees, Charles Wall, Sr., Earl Jeansonne and Grace Bankston.

John Hantel, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Hunt Tool Co. and Geosource, Inc.

Before BOUTALL, KLIEBERT and CURRAULT, JJ.

KLIEBERT, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Dessie Watkins, from a judgment dismissing his claim for damages in tort, on an exception of prescription filed by one of the defendants. We affirm.

In 1981, Watkins, a sandblaster, filed suit against J. Ray McDermott, Geosource, Inc., Wall Shipyards, Inc., and their executive officers. His action was to recover damages due to his having contacted the occupational disease, namely, silicosis, as a result of inhaling...

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