WARREN v. SABINE TOWING AND TRANSP. CO.

No. 01 0573-CA.

831 So.2d 517 (2002)

James Elmer WARREN, Jr. v. SABINE TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Emerson Abbott, Sarah Elizabeth Iiams, Monique M. Weiner, Abbott, Simses, Knister & Kuchler, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellants Conoco, Inc.

Dow Chemical Company, Richard E. Gerard, Jr., Scofield, Gerard, Veron, Singletary & Pohorelsky, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Marathon Oil Company.

David LeRoy Hoskins, Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Chevron U.S.A., Inc., individually and as successor to Gulf Oil Company.

Louis C. Woolf, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, L.L.C., Knoxville, TN, for Defendants/Appellants Marathon Oil Company Chevron U.S.A., Inc., individually and as successor to Gulf Oil Company.

William B. Baggett, Wells T. Watson, William B. Baggett, Jr., Baggett, McCall, Burgess & Watson, Lake Charles, LA, J. Edward Knoll, The Knoll Law Firm, Marksville, LA, J. Keith Hyde, Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff/Appellee James Elmer Warren, Jr./Evelyn Yvonne Warren.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.


PETERS, J.

This litigation arises from James Elmer Warren, Jr.'s exposure to benzene and benzene-containing products during the course of his employment with Sabine Towing and Transportation Company, Inc. (Sabine Towing). He initially brought suit against twenty-six defendants,1 seeking general, special, and punitive damages. After his death, Mr. Warren's widow, Evelyn Yvonne Warren, qualified...

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