NELSON v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES

No. 98 CA 1746.

751 So.2d 296 (1999)

Jewell M. NELSON, Lisa Nelson Smith, Robert Gary Nelson and Ronald Gene Nelson v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Fagan and, George R. Covert, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants Jewell M. Nelson, et al.

Mark E. Hanna and, Michael R. Sistrunk, Metairie, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

Before: SHORTESS, PARRO, and KUHN, JJ.


KUHN, J.

Plaintiffs-appellants, the surviving spouse and children of decedent Loveless R. Nelson, appeal the judgment dismissing their lawsuit against defendant-appellee, W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. ("Grace & Co."), based on the trial court's conclusion that their claims against Grace & Co. have prescribed.1 We reverse and remand.

On January 28, 1993, Loveless R. Nelson was diagnosed with asbestos-related lung cancer from...

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