MICELI v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES

No. 96 CA 1134.

691 So.2d 283 (1997)

Mary Ruth Ford MICELI v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES; Celotex Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Keene Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Rockwool Manufacturing Company; GAF Corporation; American Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc. and Liggett Group, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert E. Winn, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee American Tobacco Company.

John M. McCollam, Steven W. Copley, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee Lorillard, Inc.

John Weigel, Joseph Lowenthal, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee Liggett Group, Inc.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and FOIL and FOGG, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

Unreleased defendants in this action filed a motion for summary judgment based upon deposition testimony which they claim establishes that they were solidarily liable with previously released defendants. Following the trial court's grant of summary judgment, plaintiff now appeals.

FACTS

In June, 1982, Joseph Miceli filed suit in federal court against numerous parties alleging that he contracted asbestosis and other asbestosis...

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