BREAUX v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 2004-C-1138.

880 So.2d 36 (2004)

Diane BREAUX, Wife of and Joseph Breaux v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied July 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott R. Bickford, Christopher H. Sherwood, Tiffany Gautier Chase, Spencer Doody, Jeffrey Gewirtz, Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Relators.

Gary A. Lee, Richard M. Perles, A. Ann Cates, Patricia C. Penton, Lee, Futrell & Perles, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Respondents, Peter Territo and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., f/k/a Avondale Industries, Inc.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY and Judge JAMES F. McKAY III).


JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

We grant the relators' writ application in order to review the judgment of the trial court granting the respondents' motion for partial summary judgment.

In 2001, the relators settled their claims against certain defendants in Texas litigation brought for the same injuries that are the subject of the instant Louisiana lawsuit. It is argued that those defendants are solidarily liable with respondents for the relators' damages...

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