MEREDITH v. ASBESTOS CORP., LTD.

Nos. 97-C-2593, 98-C-0211.

707 So.2d 1334 (1998)

Chrisanda MEREDITH, et al. v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION, LTD., et al. Lillian Peltier PERQUE, et al. v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC. (formerly Avondale Shipyards, Inc. formerly Avondale Marine Ways, et al.).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Gene Fendler, Scott C. Seiler, Jill Losch, Mary S. Johnson, Nadia M. de la Houssaye, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, for Travelers Insurance Company, as an Alleged Insurer of Todd Shipyards Corporation and its Executive Officers, Todd Shipyards Corporation and Fidelity & Casualty Company.

Mickey P. Landry, Frank J. Swarr, LeBlanc, Maples & Waddell, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs.

Gerolyn P. Roussel, Perry J. Roussel, Jr., Roussel & Roussel, LaPlace, for Lillian Peltier Perque, Una Perque Driscoll and Dave Perque.

Before PLOTKIN, JONES and CIACCIO, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

The primary issue in these consolidated applications for supervisory writs is whether LSA-R.S. 23:1032, the exclusive worker's compensation statute, bars a wrongful death cause of action brought by survivors of former employees of Todd Shipyard Corp. ("Todd"), who died of mesothelioma alleged to have been contracted as a result of their occupational exposure to asbestos while they were employed at Todd prior to the effective date of the statute, but...

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