ROSS v. CONOCO, INC.

Nos. 00-1757, 00-1758.

805 So.2d 352 (2001)

Daniel ROSS v. CONOCO, INC., et al. Clarence Landon, et ux. v. Conoco, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lynne Friedman, Arthur H. Leith, Henri Wolbrette, III, McGlinchey, Stafford, etc., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for National Mines.

Lawrence Emerson Abbott, Abbott, Simes, et al, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Conoco, Inc., Mark Thomaes, Steve Ashby, Paul Fetzer, Keith Fogg, R.D. Gamblin, C. Earl Gremillion, Sidney Pitts, David Kihn, Leonard Schumann, Richard Gerlach, Tom Gumbles, John Friend, William Broddie, Don Coldiron, Dr. John Drumwright, Flynt Kenneth, T.J. Gross, J.D. Burns, Ralph Ferrell, James Ware and David Porchey.

William B. Baggett, Wells Talbot Watson, Bagget, McCall, etc., Lake Charles, LA, Herschel L. Hobson, Beaumont, TX, Counsel for Clarence Landon and Daniel Ross.

Thomas M. Bergstedt, Bergstedt & Mount, Lake Charles, LA, Carol Rutter, Jeanine Bermel, S. Christian Mullgardt, II, Husch & Eppenberger, St. Louis, MO, Counsel for Olin Corporation.

James Buckner Doyle, Woodley, Williams, et al, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Tenneco Oil Company.

Debra Fischman Cottrell, James Michael Garner, Sher, Garner, Cahill, etc., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Shintech, Inc.

David Ross Frohn, Frohn & Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Mine Safety Appliance Co.

Dominic Joseph Gianna, John Dennis Person, Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Union Carbide Corporation.

William J. Hamlin, Walker, William Charles Ellison, Joell Margaret Keller, Bordelon, Hamlin & Theriot, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

Thorne D. Harris, III, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

David LeRoy Hoskins, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.

Francis X. Neuner, Jr., James L. Pate, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, Gary Mark Zwain, Andrew David Weinstock, Joseph George Glass, Duplass Zwain & Bourgeois, Metairie, LA, Counsel for SKC, Inc.

John A. Stewart, Jr., Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Great American Chemical Corp. and Whittaker Development Company.

Kenneth Leo Riley, K. Riley & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

Emmett Cary Sole, Benjamin Joseph Guilbeau, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Lake Charles, LA, Mike Sweeney, Dickie, McCamey and Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for PPG Industries, Inc.

Kenneth R. Spears, Swift, Spears, & Harper, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for B.F. Goodrich, Shell Oil Company and Dow Chemical Company.

John M. Stewart, Stewart & Stewart, Arcadia, LA, Counsel for Whittaker Development Company.

John Roger Tharp, David Harmon Hanchey, Taylor, Porter, etc., Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Ethyl Corporation.

Stephen Craig Carleton, Simoneaux, Ryan, etc., Baton Rouge, LA, Douglas Behr, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC, Counsel for Society of the Plastics Industry.

Deborah DeRoche Kuchler, Abbott, Simses, et al, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Richard Gerlach, Flynt Kenneth, John Friend, David Kihn, William Broddie, Dr. John Drumwright, R.D. Gamblin, James Ware, Keith Fogg, C. Earl Gremillion, Sidney Pitts, David Porchey, Paul Fetzer, Tom Gumbles, Leonard Schumann, Steve Ashby, Don Coldiron, T.J. Gross, J.D. Burns, Richard Conrad, Mark Thomaes, Conoco, Inc., Ralph Ferrell and James Hall.

John Edward Heinrich, Reaseale, Sachs & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Allied Signal, Inc.

Paul Matthew Jones, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Keysor Century Corporation.

Gayla Melder Moncla, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, et al., Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Formosa Plastics Corp., TX, Clarence Landon and Formosa Plastics Corp., LA.

Gregory Paul Allen Marceaux, Marceaux & Loftin, Lake Charles, LA, David J. Bailey, Jamie Cone Metcalf, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, Counsel for Georgia Gulf Corporation.

Richard Edward Sarver, Celeste R. Coco-Ewing, Stone, Pigman, Walther, et al., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Co.

Richard J. Lorenz, Lorenz & Carter, Katy, TX, Counsel for G.M. Shirley, Tom Gumbles, John Friend, Sidney Pitts, Richard Gerlach, Richard Conrad, Steve Ashby, Conoco, Inc., Ralph Ferrell, Paul Fetzer and Keith Fogg.

Saul B. Goodman, Ted Voorhees, Allan B. Moore, Covington & Burlington, Washington, DC, Counsel for Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. and Chemical Manufacturers Assoc.

Mark Fitzsimmons, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, Counsel for B.F. Goodrich and Dow Chemical Company.

Eric G. Lasker, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Counsel for Chemical Manufacturers Assoc.

Thomas Fennell, W. Kelly Stewart, Todd A. Fisher, Jones, Day, etc., Dallas, TX, Counsel for Occidental Chemical Corp.

Larry Janssen, Steptoe & Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, Counsel for Dow Chemical Company.

Court composed of HENRY L. YELVERTON, SYLVIA R. COOKS, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

This action was brought by the surviving family members of Daniel Ross and Clarence Landon against multiple defendants. The defendants are the employers of Ross and Landon ("the employer defendants") and those whom the plaintiffs allege conspired with the employer defendants to cause Ross's and Landon's injuries ("the non-employer defendants").

Factual and Procedural Background

Two suits were originally filed—one by the surviving...

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