ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDEN, INC.

No. 2001-CA-1379.

826 So.2d 581 (2002)

In re ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS (Merlin Chariot) v. BORDEN, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerolyn P. Roussel, Perry J. Roussel, Jr., Roussel & Roussel, LaPlace, LA, for Merlin Charlot.

Jackson H. Ables, III, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin.

Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., McCalla, Thompson, Pyburn, Hymowitz & Shapiro, New Orleans, LA, Brian C. Bossier, Michal P. Adler, John C. Overby, Justin L. Hawks, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Avondale Industries, Inc.

James R. Logan IV, Logan & Soileau, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York.

Tobin J. Eason, John E. Unsworth, III, Weiss & Eason, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Employers' National Ins. Co. and Liga.

Rodney J. Lacoste, Jr., Leake, Andersson & Mann, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin.

(Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, and Judge TERRI F. LOVE).


TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On October 2, 1991, Plaintiff, Merlin Charlot ("Mr.Charlot") filed a negligence and racial discrimination lawsuit against twenty-seven defendants, including former employers, Defendant, Equitable Shipyards ("Equitable") and Avondale Industries ("Avondale"), alleging that he acquired asbestosis, silicosis, occupational asthma and solvents neurotoxicity as a result of being exposed to environmental...

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