ADAMS v. PPG INDUSTRIES

Nos. 00-1142, 00-1141, 00-581.

782 So.2d 1167 (2001)

Clay ADAMS, et al. v. PPG INDUSTRIES, Hartford Accident and Indemnity, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company. Jeff and Mary Poe, et al., v. PPG Industries, Hartford Accident and Indemnity, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company. Jeff and Mary Poe, etc., v. PPG Industries, Inc., et al. Clay Adams, et al., v. PPG Industries, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B. Jones, Jennifer Jones, Jones Law Firm, Cameron, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Clay Adams.

Martin Golden, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Defendants-Appellants, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Louis G. Adolfsen, Neil S. Sambursky, Melito & Adolfsen, New York, NY, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., Robert T. Lemon, II, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrére & Denégre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants, Hartford Accident and Indemnity, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Drew Ranier, Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Jeff & Mary Poe.

Robert McCall, Baggett, McCall & Burgess, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Clay Adams.

Robert Redwine, Sutterfield & Webb, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Allianz Insurance Company.

David Fraser, Tynes, Fraser, Morris & Wheeler, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Cigna Specialty Insurance Company and Pacific Employers Insurance Company.

William Erickson, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Boston, MA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Argonaut Insurance Company, Evanston Insurance Company, Gibraltor Reinsurance Company, Government Employees Insurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company, RLI Insurance Company, and Northwestern National Insurance Company.

Richard Geddes, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, XL Insurance Co., Ltd.

Scott Morgan, Elkins & Associates, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Adriatic Insurance Co.

Thomas Bergstedt, Bergstedt Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, OXY USA and Occidental Chemical Corp.

John Braymer, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Gulf States Utilities.

Court composed of THIBODEAUX, PETERS, and PICKETT, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

For the reasons discussed in the consolidated case of Jeff and Mary Poe, et al. v. PPG Industries, Hartford Accident and Indemnity, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company, 00-1141 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/28/01); 782 So.2d 1168, the judgment of the trial court granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs is affirmed. Costs of the appeal are assessed to the appellants.

AFFIRMED...

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