CHAMPAGNE v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 91-C-2571.

599 So.2d 1086 (1992)

Homer CHAMPAGNE, et al. v. CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., A. Wendel Stout, III, Janet L. MacDonell, Marc J. Yellin, and Gary B. Roth, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for applicant.

William B. Baggett, William B. Baggett, Jr., Rebecca S. Young, Baggett, McCall & Burgass, Lake Charles, Lawrence G. Pugh, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz; Richard R. Forman; Larry G. Canada, J. Michael Johnson, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, James L. Pate, Ben L. Mayeaux, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, Michael T. Cali, Gerald J. Talbot, Dwight C. Paulsen, III, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, William T. McCall, Robert E. Guillory, Jr., Guillory & McCall, Lake Charles, Dermot S. McGlinchey, Victoria K. McHenry, James M. Garner, Martha M. Young, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, Richard M. Shusterman, David E. Sandels, Jr., White and Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., Richard N. Dicharry, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, Robert Johnson; J. Michael Veron, David L. Hoskins, Scofield, Gerard, Veron, Hoskins & Soileau, Lake Charles, David Tolin, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Beaumont, Tex., Thomas M. Bergstedt, Bergstedt & Mount, Lake Charles, and Jesse R. Adams, Jr., Adams & Johnson, New Orleans, for respondent.

Patrick J. Hanna and Frances S. Hays, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, for Highlands Inc., amicus curiae.

Maria Isabel O'Byrne Stephenson, Lisa Carol Matthews, and Earl Norman Vaughan, New Orleans, for Rock Wool Manuf. Co., amicus curiae.

Linda Suzanna Harang and Douglas Watson Redfearn, Duplass, Witman, Zwain & Williams, Metairie, for Eagle Inc., amicus curiae.

Steven Barth Witman and Joseph Benjamin Morton, III, Duplass, Witman, Zwain & Williams, Metairie, for Marquette Insulations Inc., amicus curiae.

Stephen Nolan Elliott and Lisa Cutitto Winter, Bernard, Cassisa, Saporito & Elliott, Metairie, for Reilly Benton Co. Inc., amicus curiae.

Christopher Kelly Lightfoot, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, for Taylor Seidenbach Inc., amicus curiae.

Brian Lucien Reboul, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, for La-Mo Refactory Supply Co., amicus curiae.

Geoffrey Powell Snodgrass and Joseph Warren Gardner, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for Acands Inc., amicus curiae.

Dominic J. Ovella and Valerie T. Schexnayder, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, for Flintkote Co., amicus curiae.

Brian Carl Bossier, Robert Edgar Caraway, III, and Robert E. Williams, IV, Metairie, for J. Melton Garrett, George Kelmell, Peter Territo, Steven Kennedy, Albert Bossier, Edward Blanchard, Ollie Gatlin, Edwin Hartzmann, John Chantrey, Charles Calzada, and Paul Tregre, Jr., amici curiae.

Edward John Lilly, Dymond, Crull, Castaing & Lilly, New Orleans, for Uniroyal Inc., amicus curiae.

Gary Allen Lee, Faris, Ellis, Cutrone & Gilmore, New Orleans, for Underwriters at Lloyd's London Co., amicus curiae.

Linda Suzanna Harang, Duplass, Witman, Zwain & Williams, Metairie, for Branton Insulations Inc., amicus curiae.

Rebecca A. Bush, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for Foster-Wheeler Corp., amicus curiae.

Robert H. Urann and Nancy Picard, Gardner, Robein & Urann, Metairie, for Louisiana State Bldg. & Const. Trades Council, amicus curiae.

Rockne Locke Moseley, Lea, Plavnicky & Moseley, New Orleans, for McDermott Inc., amicus curiae.

No Atty. Listed For Pittsburgh Corning Corp., City Service, and Oxy.


HALL, Justice.

This is a suit involving injuries to workers caused by long-term exposure to asbestos at their workplace. We granted the application filed by two defendants, GAF Corporation and Quigley Company, both former manufacturers of asbestos-containing products, to consider whether the law to be applied in allocating liability among the parties to the instant suit is comparative, or pre-comparative, fault.

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