ABNEY v. EXXON CORP.

No. 98 CA 0911.

755 So.2d 283 (1999)

Wesley E. ABNEY, Alvin W. Abney, Dominick A. Gulizo, Jr. and Dianne Ernest v. EXXON CORPORATION, J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc., Inco Alloys International, Inc., Charles E. Shauffer, Dale Chatelain, and Kenny Chatelain.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Chandler Loupe, Edward J. Walters, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees Wesley E. Abney, Alvin Abney, Dominick Gulizo, Jr., and Dianne Ernest.

Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc.

Before: SHORTESS, FOIL, GONZALES, KUHN, and WEIMER, JJ.


WEIMER, J.

This appeal involves claims made by four former employees of defendant, J.E. Merit Contractors, Inc. ("Merit").1 The plaintiffs were Wesley Abney (now deceased), Alvin Abney (Wesley's son), Dominick Gulizo, and Dianne Ernest. All were employed as welders for Merit at the Exxon Chemical Company plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the refinery, they were assigned to weld sheets of stainless steel to the inside surface of a fractionation...

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