Alvin HEBERT, Sr. and Marion M. Dupuis Hebert
v.
ANCO INSULATION, INC., A.P. Green Industries, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management Corp., f/k/a National Gypsum Company, Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., A.W. Chesterton Company, The Dow Chemical Company, Mortimer Currier, Charlie Halphen, Lester Poirrier, Harold Hoyle, Theodore Trokelson, James E. Campbell, Joe Bristol, Gerard W. Daigle, Malcolm L. McNabb, V.K. Rowe, Dr. Holder, Dr. Gordon, Don Morris, John Calmes, Al Paradiso, Charlie Melancon, Associates Indemnity Corporation, the American Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Flexiallic, Inc., GAF Corporation, The McCarty Corporation, AC & S, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Rapid American Corporation T & N, Union Carbide Corporation, and Uniroyal, Inc.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 31, 2002.
Rehearing Denied November 5, 2002.
Writs Denied February 21, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cameron Waddell, Brian Blackwell, Burton LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs/2nd Appellants, Marion D. Hebert, Alvin A. Hebert, Jr., Stanley Robert Hebert, Cindy Hebert Himel, Nancy Hebert Villerette, Catherine Hebert Harrelson and Blake J. Hebert.
H. Alston Johnson, III, Baton Rouge, F. Barry Marionneaux, Plaquemine, John R. Tharp, David Bienvenu, Jr., Gregory E. Bodin, Baton Rouge, for Defendant/1st Appellant, The Dow Chemical Company.
H. Alston Johnson, III, John R. Tharp, David Bienvenu, Jr., Gregory E. Bodin, Baton Rouge, for Defendants/Appellees, Harold Hoyle, Harold Gordon, M.D. and Ben Holder, M.D.
Susan Kohn, New Orleans, for Defendant, McCarty Corporation.
David Barfield, Gaye Nell Currie, Jackson, MS, for Defendant, AC & S, Inc.
Julie Difulco Robles, Metairie, for Defendant, ANCO Insulations, Inc.
A. Wendell Stout, III, New Orleans, for Defendant, United States Gypsum.
Thomas Milazzo, James L. Fletcher, Jr., Metairie, for Defendant, Asbestos Corp., Ltd.
Michael G. Durand, Lafayette, for Defendants, Associates Indemnity Co. & American Insurance Co.
Edward Castaing, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant, A.W. Chesterton.
Edwin Ellinghausen, III, New Orleans, for Defendant, Pittsburgh Corning Corp.
T. MacDougall Womack, Baton Rouge, for Defendant, Our Lady of the Lake RMC.
Charles Giordano, Metairie, for Defendant, Rapid American Corporation.
John Cosmich, Laura Sanders Brown, Jackson, MS, for Defendants, Owen-Illinois, Inc. & Uniroyal, Inc.
Arthur W. Landry, New Orleans, for Defendant, Synkoloid, A Division of Muralo, Inc.
Darrell Sims, New Orleans, for Defendant, Eagle, Inc.
Janice M. Culotta, New Orleans, for Defendant, Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Before: GONZALES, WHIPPLE, FITZSIMMONS, KUHN and DOWNING, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
FITZSIMMONS, J.
This case involves claims by Alvin A. Hebert, Sr. and his wife, Marion M. Dupuis Hebert, against The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") for damages based upon Mr. Hebert's contraction of mesothelioma, a disease resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products. Following trial, the jury answered interrogatories and found Dow strictly liable. Dow appeals from an amended judgment, which ordered Dow to pay plaintiffs the total sum of $265,625.00 as its...
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