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CHANDLER v. BUNGE CORP.

Nos. CA-4897, CA-4898.

489 So.2d 275 (1986)

Thomas R. CHANDLER C/W Elmore L. Chandler v. BUNGE CORPORATION, Public Grain Elevator of New Orleans, Inc. Sears, Roebuck and Company, American Optical Corporation and Continental Grain Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied September 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Forst, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants, Thomas and Elmore Chandler.

Adams & Reese, Thomas J. Wyllie, Rebecca A. Bush, New Orleans, for appellee, Continental Grain Co.

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Wayne Fontana, New Orleans, for appellee, Bunge Corp.

Johnston & Duplass, Gary Zwain, Steven B. Witman, New Orleans, for appellee, Public Grain Elevator.

Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, André J. Mouledoux, Alan G. Brackett, New Orleans, for intervenors, T. Smith & Son, Inc. and The Home Ins. Co.

Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, David F. Bienvenu, Nancy A. Donovan, New Orleans, for intervenors, I.T.O. Corp. and Fidelity & Cas. Co. N.Y.

Before GULOTTA, WILLIAMS and ARMSTRONG, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In these consolidated suits by two former longshoremen who allegedly contracted lung disease from inhaling grain dust, plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their damage claims against the defendant grain elevator companies who stored the grain and conveyed it to the ships where plaintiffs worked. Because we conclude there are genuine issues of material fact concerning plaintiffs' allegations, we reverse and remand for a trial on the...

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