Raleigh LANDRY and Clailee Aucoin Landry
v.
AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 2, 2004.
July 2, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen N. Elliott, Robert A. Knight, Francine M. Giugno, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, Counsel for Applicant.
Dana D. Anderson-Carson, Gary M. Zwain, Geoffrey P. Clement, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, Metairie; Gary A. Lee, Johanna G. King, Richard M. Perles, Lee, Futrell & Perles, New Orleans; Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Wendy K. Lappenga, Kenan S. Rand, Jr., Plauche, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans; Troy N. Bell, Maria C. Pardo, Jeanette Seraile-Riggins, Glenn L. M. Swetman, John E. Unsworth, III, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Yarborough, Hattiesburg, MS; Charles V. Giordano, Miranda, Warwick, Milazzo, Giordano & Hebbler, Metairie; Gerolyn P. Roussel, Roussel & Roussel, LaPlace; David S. Bland, King, LeBlanc & Bland, New Orleans; Lynn M. Luker; Arthur W. Stout, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans; Susan B. Kohn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans; Brian C. Bossier, Blue Williams, Mandeville; Christopher K. Lightfoot, Valerie T. Schexnayder, Hailey, Mcnamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie; Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge; Lawrence G. Pugh, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans; Larry G. Canada, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans; Gregory E. Bodin, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge; E. Scott Hackenberg, Henchy, Verbos, Futrell & Foil; Gordon P. Wilson, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans; Walton S. Brown, Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Staub, Rougelot & O'Brien; James F. d'Entremont, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans; Laurie J. Hutchings, Rebecca K. Jude, Jude & Associates, Hattiesburg; John B. Edwards, II, Dogan & Wilkinson; John D. Cosmich, Dawn Fulce, Forman, Perry, Watkins & Tardy; Scott P. Yount, Preston & Cowan; Counsel for Respondent.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
WEIMER, Justice.
We granted certiorari to resolve the narrow issue of whether the provisions of the Louisiana Comparative Fault Law, enacted by Act 431 of 1979 and effective August 1, 1980, apply to a wrongful death action commenced after the decedent's demise in November 2002, from mesothelioma allegedly contracted as a result of exposure to asbestos at various time periods from 1959 to 1974. Answering that inquiry in the affirmative, we hold that Act 431 of 1979...
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