ABADIE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 00-CA-344, 00-CA-345, 00-CA-346, 00-CA-347, 00-CA-348, 00-CA-349, 00-CA-350, 00-CA-351, 00-CA-352, 00-CA-353 through 00-CA-856, 00-CA-394, 00-CA-489 and 00-CA-625.

791 So.2d 126 (2001)

Douglas A. ABADIE, et al. v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al. Addressing Individual Appeals: Earlven Gauthe.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing in Part May 31, 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.

Leon Gary, Jr., William L. Schuette, Jr., Antonio D. Robinson, Avery Lea Griffin, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carerre & Denegre L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, and Madeleine Fisher, New Orleans, LA, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carerre & Denegre L.L.P., Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant, CBS Corporation.

Frank J. Swarr, Mickey P. Landry, Landry & Swarr, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

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


ROBERT L. LOBRANO, Pro Tem.

We rendered our initial opinion in these consolidated asbestos appeals on March 28, 2001. Abadie v. Met. Life Ins. Co., 00-344 (La.App. 5 Cir. 3/28/01), 784 So.2d 46. We decided the issues identified by the parties as common to all of the appeals and disposed of the issues specific to the seven Group 1 plaintiffs. We rendered judgments in each of their cases. Earlven Gauthe was originally part...

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