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HUGHES v. OLIN CORPORATION

No. 37,404-CA.

856 So.2d 222 (2003)

R.D. HUGHES and Letha M. Hughes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLIN CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeBlanc & Waddell, Baton Rouge, by Brian F. Blackwell, Shreveport, for Appellants.

Edward John Lilly, New Orleans, for Appellee A.W. Chesterton.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles by Lisa C. Winter, James F. d'Entremont, for Appellee D.B. Riley.

Bergstedt & Mount by Thomas M. Bergstedt, F. Paul Leger, Lake Charles, for Appellee Olin Corporation.

Montgomery, Barnett by Lawrence G. Pugh III, New Orleans, for Appellee J. Graves Insulation Company.

Kean, Miller by Gary A. Bezet, Scott David Johnson, Baton Rouge, for Appellee Riverwood International Corporation.

Forman, Perry, by Laura Sanders Brown, for Appellee Owens/Illinois, Inc.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and DREW, JJ.

DREW, J.:

In this suit to recover damages sustained as the result of her late husband R.D. Hughes' occupational exposure to asbestos, Letha Hughes appeals a judgment granting Olin Corporation's exception of prescription and dismissing this action as to that defendant. We reverse.

FACTS

Mr. Hughes was diagnosed with asbestosis in 1990. In 2000, he began experiencing shortness of breath. A physician in April 2000 believed Mr. Hughes had mesothelioma...

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