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PICONE v. LYONS

No. 92-C-0350.

601 So.2d 1375 (1992)

Earl H. PICONE v. Bernard LYONS, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert William Barnes, Jr., Kentley Robert Fairchild, Samanie, Barnes & Allen, Houma, for applicant.

William Gregory Merritt, Scott Eric Silbert, Lombard & Silbert, Metairie, William Francis Bologna, Habans, Bologna & Carriere, New Orleans, Susan Stagg Robinson, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, Lawrence Joseph Centola, Jr., Carrie A. Jourdan, Donald A. Hoffman, Brian Gerard Meissner, Ann Marie LeBlanc, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, Douglas Watson Redfearn, Gary Mark Zwain, Duplass, Witman, Zwain & Williams, Metairie, Patrick J. Hanna, Rebecca Feeney Doherty, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, Elizabeth Denise Mackay, Metairie, John Emerson Galloway, John J. Erny, III, Jack E. Chappuis, Jr., Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, Milton L. LeBlanc, Jr., Hilleren, Bains & LeBlanc, Craig Robert Nelson, Christina Papastavros Fay, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for respondents.

WATSON, Justice.

In this suit for silicosis damages, the issue is prescription of Earl H. Picone's claims against nine manufacturers of protective devices utilized by his employers. Picone's attorney filed a timely suit against executive officers of those employers. Almost twelve years later, Picone's subsequent attorney amended to name the manufacturers as defendants. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's amended complaint. The court of appeal affirmed, holding that...

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