Jimmy and Brenda BONNETTE, et al.
v.
CONOCO, INC., et al.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 28, 2003.
January 28, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth R. Spears, SWIFT, SPEARS & HARPER, Lake Charles; Mark R. Zehler, Robert E. Arceneaux, Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., Eric E. Jarrell, Timothy S. Madden, Elizabeth S. Wheeler, New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant.
William B. Baggett, Roger G. Burgess, BAGGETT, MCCALL, BURGESS & WATSON, Lake Charles, Counsel for Respondent.
Keith Borman, Leah Lorber, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Sherman Joyce, Counsel for American Tort Reform Association (Amicus Curiae).
Keith Borman, Mark A. Behrens, Quentin Riegel, Victor E. Schwartz, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Counsel for National Association of Manufacturers (Amicus Curiae).
Keith Borman, Leah Lorber, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Mark A. Behrens, Counsel for Chamber of Commerce of the United States (Amicus Curiae).
Keith Borman, Leah Lorber, Mark A. Behrens, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Victor E. Schwartz, Counsel for American Petroleum Institute (Amicus Curiae).
Keith Borman, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Jr., Victor E. Schwartz, Leah Lorber, Mark A. Behrens, Counsel for Louisiana Association of Business & Industry (Amicus Curiae).
Keith Borman, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Counsel for Louisiana Midcontinental Oil & Gas Association (Amicus Curiae).
M. Dwayne Johnson, Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Shannan Sweeney Rieger, Baton Rouge, James R. Young, Uma M. Subramanian, Counsel for Louisiana Chemical Association, Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance, American Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute (Amicus Curiae).
M. Dwayne Johnson, Baton Rouge, Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Shannan S. Rieger, Baton Rouge, Uma M. Subramanian, James R. Young, Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (Amicus Curiae).
Carmack M. Blackmon, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Louisiana Railroads Association (Amicus Curiae).
Martha Y. Curtis, James M. Garner, Keith A. Kornman, New Orleans, Counsel for Murphy Oil USA Inc. (Amicus Curiae).
Stephen A. Bokat, Counsel for National Chamber Litigation Center Inc. (Amicus Curiae).
Luis A. Perez-Hernandez, Counsel for Coalition for Asbestos Justice Inc., and Louisiana Chapter of the National Federation (Amicus Curiae).
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
KIMBALL, Justice.*
This case arises out of the delivery of soil, which was discovered to contain solid pieces of transite,1 to numerous residents of Westlake, Louisiana. One hundred forty-three plaintiffs filed suit, alleging that they were exposed to asbestos derived from pieces of transite from abandoned houses near the Conoco refinery in Westlake. After a bench trial on the merits, the trial court concluded...
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