DUCRE v. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HALTER MARINE, INC.

No. 83-3784.

752 F.2d 976 (1985)

Julius DUCRE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HALTER MARINE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne H. Carlton, Jr., Orlando G. Bendana, New Orleans, La., for Julius Ducre.

Frank J. Peragine, Daniel J. Caruso, New Orleans, La., for Am. Optical.

Charles Hanemann, Houma, La., for Minnesota Mining.

Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, La., for Clemco.

Robert M. Johnston, Gary M. Zwain, New Orleans, La., for Pulmosan.

James L. Selman, II, Madeleine Fischer, New Orleans, La., for Mine Safety/Travelers & Ina.

Daniel Frazier, Jr., Marrero, La., for Linda Richardson Johnson.

Lawrence J. Ernst, New Orleans, La., for Pulmosan Safety.

Donald A. Hoffman, Gerolyn P. Roussel, New Orleans, La., for Mine Safety.

Vance E. Ellefson, New Orleans, La., for Executive Officers-Halter Marine.

Thomas E. Loehn, Cynthia P. Conroy, New Orleans, La., for Commercial Union.

Sondra A. Cheek, Bogalusa, La., for Exec. Officers So. Shipbuilding, etc.

Joseph M. Bruno, New Orleans, La., for Avondale plaintiffs.

Charles M. Steen, New Orleans, La., for D.A. Krenz, et al.

William S. Marshall, Jr., Alan Dean Weinberger, New Orleans, La., for Highlands Ins. & Exec. Officers Avondale.

Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., New Orleans, La., Stewart Dalzell, Thomas J. Leach, Philadelphia, Pa., for Am. Motorists Ins.

Leon A. Aucoin, Metairie, La., for intervenor-Continental Ins.

S. Gene Fendler, Robert E. Holden, William W. Pugh, New Orleans, La., for Krenz, et al.

Before THORNBERRY, GARWOOD, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 14, 1985.

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is before us on certified questions1 which arise from the district court's orders partially granting and partially denying two principal summary judgment motions.2 More than forty employees of various ship-building companies seek damages resulting from their contraction of silicosis, a progressive lung...

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