CARPENTER v. BESCO CORP.

No. 87-CA-599.

532 So.2d 967 (1988)

Jewel CARPENTER v. The BESCO CORPORATION, Magnolia Chemical Company, Vulcan Chemicals, and PPG Industries.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writs Granted December 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Irwin, Paul M. Lavelle, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

William G. Tabb III, H.F. Foster III, Ernest O'Bannon, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, Stephen N. Elliott, Bernard, Cassisa, Saporito & Elliott, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.

Before GAUDIN, GRISBAUM, DUFRESNE, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

This matter was first addressed by this Court in an opinion handed down February 8, 1988 and found at 521 So.2d 421. Under that decision, the judgment of the trial court was to be set aside and the case remanded for new trial. One member of the three-judge panel dissented from the decision, assigning written reasons.

On April 29, 1988, the Louisiana Supreme Court granted writs in the matter, deciding: "The...

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