DAIGLE v. CLEMCO INDUSTRIES

No. 92-CC-0604.

613 So.2d 619 (1993)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred F. McCaleb, III, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Craig R. Nelson, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, Henry E. Yoes, III, Pitre, Yoes, Kay & Halley, Lake Charles, Donald A. Hoffman, Paul J. Politz, Ann Marie LeBlanc, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, Leonard A. Young, J. Edward Thompson, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, John I. Moore, John Michael Parker, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, John E. Galloway, Jack E. Chappuis, Jr., Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.*

We are called upon to decide whether the spouse and children of a tortiously injured person may, during his lifetime, validly compromise their potential wrongful death claims against the alleged tortfeasor(s). See La.Civ.C. art. 2315.2. This case arises as a sequel to a personal injury suit for damages sustained by an injured worker resulting from long-term industrial exposure to crystalline free silica. As a condition...

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