BRUMFIELD v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 95-CA-2260.

674 So.2d 1159 (1996)

Charles Ray BRUMFIELD and Victoria Nicotra Brumfield v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.H. Gertler, Rodney P. Vincent, Marcia Findelstein, Gertler, Gertler & Vincent, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

John E. Galloway, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, for Mississippi Valley Silica Company, Inc./Appellee.

Michael T. Cali, John J. Hainkel, III, James H. Brown, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans, for Aetna Casualty Insurance and Surety Company/Appellant.

Michael A. Britt, New Orleans, for Federal Insurance Company/Appellee.

Thomas J. Wagner, Whitney L. Cole, Wagner, Bagot & Gleason, New Orleans, for Highlands Insurance Company/Appellee.

Donald A. Hoffman, Catherine A. Mills, Hoffman, Sutterfield & Ensenat, New Orleans, for Mine Safety Appliances Company/Appellee.

Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Fleming & Rosamond, L.L.P., Metairie, for Commercial Union Insurance Company.

Before CIACCIO, WALTZER and MURRAY, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Charles Ray Brumfield and Victoria Nicotra Brumfield, appeal from two trial court judgments maintaining defendants' exceptions of prescription. We reverse and remand the case to the trial court for further proceedings.

In May 1992, plaintiff filed suit against Avondale Industries, Inc., its executive officers, its insurers, and various suppliers and manufacturers of asbestos and silica-containing products, including Mine Safety...

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