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MICELI v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

No. 94 CA 0351.

649 So.2d 28 (1994)

Joseph C. MICELI v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; and K & B Louisiana Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Piker and George R. Covert, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Mary Ruth Ford Miceli.

Sally Shushan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee The American Tobacco Co.

John Weigel, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Liggett Group, Inc.

John McCollam, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Lorillard, Inc.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS and CARTER, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a summary judgment which was granted in favor of defendants based on a receipt and release.

FACTS

In June, 1982, Joseph Miceli filed suit in federal court against numerous entities which manufactured asbestos insulation products. On August 31, 1982, Mr. Miceli and his wife, Mary Ruth Miceli, executed a receipt and release, thereby releasing one of the "asbestos defendants," Combustion Engineering, Inc.

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