Luke BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 20, 1985.
February 20, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruno & Bruno, Joseph M. Bruno, New Orleans, La., for Luke Brown et al.
Donald A. Hoffman, Gerolyn P. Roussel, New Orleans, La., for Mine Safety Appliances and Avondale, Inc.
Brian, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn; Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., for Vallen Corp. and Encon Mfg. Co.
Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Tom Alexander, Houston, Tex., for Vallen Corp., Encon Mfg. Co. and Mine Safety Appliances.
Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, La., for E.D. Bullard.
Thomas E. Loehn, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, La., for Employers Commercial Ins. Co. and Avondale Shipyards.
Felician P. Lozes, Lozes & Lozes, New Orleans, La., for Avondale Shipyards and Standard Pain.
Bruce J. Borrello, Metairie, La., for Jack Cocke & Co., Inc.
Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for American Optical.
Stewart E. Niles, Jr., William S. Marshall, Jr., New Orleans, La., Fritz Windhorst, Gretna, La., for Avondale, Inc.
Ralph S. Johnson, New Orleans, La., for Mine Safety Appliances.
Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Alan Dean Weinberger, William S. Marshall, Jr., New Orleans, La., for D.A. Krenz, et al., Travelers, Highlands and American Motorists.
Charles Hanemann, Houma, La., Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, La., Nelson E. Schmidt, Sr., 3M Co., St. Paul, Minn., for Minnesota Min. & Mfg. Co.
McCalla, Thompson, Pyburn & Ridley, Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Avondale, Hartzman, Garrett and Benezech, et al.
Before GEE, REAVLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal draws before us a number of cases dismissed by various trial courts for want of subject matter jurisdiction. In each case, the plaintiff was a worker at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., located in Jefferson Parish, south of New Orleans, who claimed damages resulting from silicosis contracted while he worked as a sandblaster. Each case incorporated state law tort claims against manufacturers of protective respiratory equipment, all of whose...
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