LANDRY v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 2003-CC-0719, 2003-CC-0993, 2003-CC-1002.

864 So.2d 117 (2003)

Raleigh LANDRY and Clailee Aucoin Landry v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Opinion Concurring in Denial of Rehearing January 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Blank, Scott T. Winstead, Beau E. LeBlanc, King, LeBlanc & Bland, New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant in No. 2003-CC-1002.

Stephen N. Elliott, Francine M. Giugno, Robert A. Knight, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, Counsel for Applicant in No. 2003-CC-0993.

Wendy K. Lappenga, Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Plauche, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans, Johanna G. King, Richard M. Perles, Gary A. Lee, Lee, Futrell & Perles, New Orleans, Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Thomas W. Aycock, Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant in No. 2003-CC-0719.

Stephen N. Elliott, Francine M. Giugno, Robert A. Knight, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, Wendy K. Lappenga, Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Plauche, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans, Johanna G. King, Richard M. Perles, Gary A. Lee, Lee, Futrell & Perles, New Orleans, Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Thomas W. Aycock, Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge, Geoffrey P. Clement, Gary M. Zwain, Dana D. Anderson-Carson, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, Lynn M. Luker, James F. d'Entremont, Arthur W. Stout, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, Susan B. Kohn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, Brian C. Bossier, Blue, Williams, Metairie, Christopher K. Lightfoot, Valerie T. Schexnayder, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, E. Scott Hackenberg, Henchy, Verbois, Futrell & Foil, Baton Rouge, Troy N. Bell, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Yarbrough, New Orleans, Lawrence G. Pugh, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, Charles V. Giordano, Miranda, Warwick & Milazzo, Metairie, Larry G. Canada, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans, Gregory E. Bodin, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, Gerolyn P. Roussel, Perry J. Roussel, Jr., Roussel & Roussel, LaPlace, Gordon P. Wilson, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, Scott P. Yount, Walter S. Brown, Preston & Cowan, John B. Edwards, III, Dogan & Wilkinson, John D. Cosmich, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Laurie J. Hutchings, Dawn E. Fulce, Kenan S. Rand, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent in No. 2003-CC-1002.

Wendy K. Lappenga, Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Plauche, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans, Johanna G. King, Richard M. Perles, Gary A. Lee, Lee, Futrell & Perles, New Orleans, Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Thomas W. Aycock, Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge, David S. Bland, Scott T. Winstead, Beau E. LeBlanc, King, LeBlanc & Bland, New Orleans, Geoffrey P. Clement, Gary M. Zwain, Dana D. Anderson-Carson, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, Metairie, Lynn M. Luker, James F. D'Entremont, Arthur W. Stout, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, Susan B. Kohn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, Brian C. Bossier, Blue, Williams, Metairie, Christopher K. Lightfoot, Valerie T. Schexnayder, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, E. Scott Hackenberg, Henchy, Verbois, Futrell & Foil, Baton Rouge, Troy N. Bell, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Yarbrough, New Orleans, Lawrence G. Pugh, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, Charles V. Giordano, Miranda, Warwick & Milazzo, Metairie, Larry G. Canada, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans, Gregory E. Bodin, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, Gerolyn P. Roussel, Perry J. Roussel, Jr., Roussel & Roussel, LaPlace, Gordon P. Wilson, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, Scott P. Yount, Walter S. Brown, Preston & Cowan, John B. Edwards, III, Dogan & Wilkinson, John D. Cosmich, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Laurie J. Hutchings, Dawn E. Fulce, Kenan S. Rand, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent in No. 2003-CC-0993.

Stephen N. Elliott, Francine M. Giugno, Robert A. Knight, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, David S. Bland, Scott T. Winstead, Beau E. LeBlanc, King, LeBlanc & Bland, New Orleans, Geoffrey P. Clement, Gary M. Zwain, Dana D. Anderson-Carson, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, Metairie, Lynn M. Luker, James F. d'Entremont, Arthur W. Stout, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, Susan B. Kohn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, Brian C. Bossier, Blue, Williams, Metairie, Christopher K. Lightfoot, Valerie T. Schexnayder, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, E. Scott Hackenberg, Henchy, Verbois, Futrell & Foil, Baton Rouge, Troy N. Bell, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Yarbrough, New Orleans, Lawrence G. Pugh, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, Charles V. Giordano, Miranda, Warwick & Milazzo, Metairie, Larry G. Canada, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans, Gregory E. Bodin, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, Gerolyn P. Roussel, Perry J. Roussel, Jr., Roussel & Roussel, LaPlace, Gordon P. Wilson, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, Scott P. Yount, Walter S. Brown, Preston & Cowan, John B. Edwards, III, Dogan & Wilkinson, John D. Cosmich, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Laurie J. Hutchings, Dawn E. Fulce, Kenan S. Rand, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent in No. 2003-CC-719.


VICTORY, J.

We granted this writ application to determine whether the wife of a worker who was exposed to asbestos at various intervals from 1959 to 1974, and who was diagnosed with and died from mesothelioma in 2002: (1) has a claim for pre-death loss of consortium under La. C.C. art. 2315; and, if so, (2) whether the worker's employers and executive officers and directors of the employers are immune from this claim by virtue of La. R.S. 23:1032. After reviewing...

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