DAIGLE v. CLEMCO INDUSTRIES

Nos. 90 CW 2324, 91 CW 0099.

593 So.2d 1282 (1991)

Barbara DAIGLE, et al., v. CLEMCO INDUSTRIES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1992.

Writ Granted May 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred F. McCaleb, III, Baton Rouge, for Daigle, et al.

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

Edward O. Lobman, Metairie, for Industrial Indem. Co.

Donald A. Hoffman, New Orleans, for Mine Safety Appliances Co., Travelers & INA.

Leonard A. Young, New Orleans, for Gulf Ins. Co.

Robert T. Myers, New Orleans, John I. Moore, Baton Rouge, for Liberty Mut. Ins.

John E. Galloway, New Orleans, for Mississippi Valley Silica Co. Inc.

Gary Zwain, Metairie, for Pulmosan Safety Equip. Corp.

Henry E. Yoes, III, Lake Charles, for Clemtex, Ltd.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Barbara Daigle and her children, Donald, Ronald, Daniel, Jr., Lynn, Darryl, and John Wayne, filed a wrongful death suit on May 19, 1989, against numerous defendants, seeking recovery in damages for the death of Daniel Daigle, the plaintiffs' husband and father.1 Daigle died on May 19, 1988, from pulmonary silicosis which allegedly was caused by his exposure to crystalline-free silica during his occupation as...

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