HUBBS v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC.

No. 98 CA 2570.

747 So.2d 804 (1999)

Clara HUBBS v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC., McCarty Corporation, A C & S, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard Corporation, Flintkote Company, GAF Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc, Rockwool Manufacturing Company, and T & N, PLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Urann, Metairie, George Covert, Baton Rouge, for Clara Hubbs.

Gary Kraus, Lafayette, for Newark Insurance Company.

A. Wendel Stout, III, New Orleans, for Armstrong World Ind., GAF Corp., and T & N, PLC.

Julie Robles, Metairie, Thomas Balhoff, Baton Rouge, for Anco Insulations.

John Hainkel, New Orleans, James H. Powers Houston, TX, for Fibreboard Corp., Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp., and Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

J. Warren Gardner, Jr., New Orleans, Gaye Currie, Jackson, MS, for Acands, Inc.

Jack Culotta, Metairie, for The Flintkote Co.

John Cosmich, Jackson, MS, for Owens Illinois, Inc.

Susan Kohn, New Orleans, for The McCarty Corp.

Catherine I. Chavarri, New Orleans, for Rockwool Mfg. Co.

Before: SHORTESS, PARRO, and KUHN, JJ.


SHORTESS, J.

Charles L. Hubbs worked as an insulator for Anco Insulations, Inc., and McCarty Corporation between 1961 and 1970. He died February 20, 1993, of asbestosis. His widow, Clara Hubbs (plaintiff), filed a wrongful-death suit against Anco and McCarty, as well as numerous asbestos manufacturers. Anco filed a third party demand against Newark Insurance Company and American and Foreign Insurance Company (Insurers)....

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases