Verna M. PITRE, David Wayne Pitre, Sharon Marie Pitre, Joan Pitre Wilbanks and Mona Lynn Pitre Nelson
v.
GAF CORPORATION, et al.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 29, 1997.
Rehearing Denied February 18, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George R. Covert, Baton Rouge, and James L. Piker and Sean D. Fagan, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs/Relators Verna M. Pitre, David Wayne Pitre, Sharon Marie Pitre, Joan Pitre Wilbanks and Mona Lynn Pitre Nelson.
Charles L. Chassaignac and Carmelite M. Bertaut, New Orleans, and Henry D. Salassi, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Defendants/Respondents R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.
Sally A. Shushan, New Orleans, for Defendant/Respondent The American Tobacco Company.
Steven W. Copley, New Orleans, for Defendant/Respondent Lorillard, Inc.
Charles F. Gay, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant/Respondent Philip Morris, Inc.
John J. Weigel and Joseph J. Lowenthal, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant/Respondent Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc., now known as Liggett Group, Inc.
John R. Santa Cruz, New Orleans, and John Cosmich, Jackson, MS, for Defendant Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Susan B. Kohn, New Orleans, for Defendant McCarty Corp.
Michael T. Cali and John J. Hainkel, III, New Orleans, for Defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Evans Scobee, Baton Rouge, for Defendants Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc. and K & B Louisiana Corporation.
Thomas G. Milazzo, New Orleans, for Defendant Asbestos Corporation Limited.
John T. Culotta, Metairie, for Defendant Flintkote Co.
Maria I. O'Byrne Stephenson, Lisa Matthews, New Orleans, for Defendant Rock Wool Manufacturing Company.
Before FOIL, WHIPPLE and KUHN, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
KUHN, Judge.
In this products liability action brought against cigarette manufacturers and sellers, plaintiffs have appealed a judgment by the trial court, which granted defendant's motion for partial summary judgment, and ordered that all claims in this suit are to be governed by the Louisiana Products Liability Act ("LPLA"), La. R.S. 9:2800.51 et seq. Because the judgment appealed was an interlocutory ruling, this court converted the appeal to a writ application...
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