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BEARD v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 91-CA-418.

590 So.2d 1345 (1991)

Mitchell BEARD v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.; Marshall-Koehl, Inc., and ITS Executive Officer Joseph Marshall; M & I Coatings Specialist, Inc.; Mississippi Valley Silica; Pulmosan Equipment; ABC Executive Officers; and XYZ Insurance Companies.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Michael Cashio, Samuel M. Yonter, Kenner, for plaintiff-appellant Mitchell Beard.

Michael A. Britt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Federal Ins. Co.

Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Commercial Union Ins. Co.

John E. Galloway, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Miss. Valley Silica Co., Inc.

Leonard A. Young, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Gulf Ins. Co.

Before KLIEBERT, C.J., and GAUDIN and GOTHARD, JJ.

KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Mitchell Beard, instituted this action for damages or, alternatively, worker's compensation benefits, on December 29, 1987 alleging that over the course of his employment from 1965 to 1979 he was exposed to various offensive fumes and noxious and dangerous dusts, sands, and chemicals which caused him to contract a chronic lung injury which had disabled him.

The original defendants included Avondale Shipyards, Inc. and...

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