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ABADIE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 00-CA-352, c/w 00-CA-344 to 00-CA-856.

804 So.2d 11 (2001)

Douglas A. ABADIE, et al., v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al. Addressing Individual Appeals: Patrick Henry Clark.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Caraway, III, Plauché, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans, LA, Attorney for Defendants/Appellants, Steven Kennedy, Peter Territo, and American Motorists Insurance Company.

Mary L. Dumestre, Marjorie M. Campbell, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellants, Avondale Executive Officers, Samuel M. Rosamond, Fleming & Rosamond, Metairie, LA, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant, Commercial Union Insurance Company.

Thomas G. Milazzo, James L. Fletcher, Jr., Pamela B. Gautier, LeBlanc, Miranda, Warwick & Milazzo, Metairie, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellants, Asbestos Corporation Limited.

J. Burton LeBlanc, IV, Cameron R. Waddell, Brian F. Blackwell, Sandra A. Jelks, Dawn Smith Rodrigue, Steven M. Jupiter LeBlanc, Maples and Waddell, L.L.C., and Robert E. Arceneaux, Barham & Arceneaux, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Panel composed of Judges DALEY, EDWARDS, and LOBRANO, Pro Tem.

EDWARDS, Judge.

The present action was one of numerous lawsuits in this consolidated appeal for damages caused by asbestos exposure. It was originally grouped with several appeals of other plaintiffs. Because we consider here a plaintiff who died of mesothelioma, we determined to address this appeal separately from the asbestosis cases.

Patrick Clark, his spouse, and children originally filed suit against Avondale Executive Officers and certain asbestos product...

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