ALEXANDER v. FULCO

No. 39,293-CA.

895 So.2d 668 (2005)

Sam ALEXANDER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank FULCO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. James Singleton, Shreveport, Samuel L. Jenkins, Jr., for Appellants.

Plauche, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, L.L.P., by Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Wendy K. Lappenga, New Orleans, for Appellee Employers Reinsurance Corp.

Weems, Schimpf, Gilsoul, Haines & Carmouche, by Brian D. Landry, Shreveport, for Appellees Willis Meeks, Archie Singletary, and Scott Miller.

Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell, L.L.P., by Edwin H. Byrd, III, Shreveport, for Appellee Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, by Lawrence G. Pugh, Tonya M. Short Johnson, New Orleans, for Appellees Silica Products Company, Inc. and M.A. Bell Company.

Johnson, Ferguson, Pipkin & Phillips, by Kristina T. Lambright, Houston, TX, for Appellee Flexo Products, Inc.

Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, by Gary M. Zwain, Dana Anderson Carson, Metairie, for Appellees Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York.

Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P., by Douglas Watson Redfearn, Daniel J. Caruso, M. Davis Ready, New Orleans, for Appellees American Optical Corporation and U.S. Silica Company.

Law Offices of Jim Norris, by William Norris, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, by Andrew D. Weinstock, Metairie, for Appellee 3M Company.

Before GASKINS, DREW and MOORE, JJ.


DREW, J.:

In this action to recover damages allegedly caused by occupational exposure to silica, 66 plaintiffs appealed a judgment sustaining defendants' exceptions of prescription and dismissing their cause of action. We are constrained to affirm.

FACTS

Mid-Continent Steel Casting Corporation and HICA Corporation owned steel foundries in Shreveport. Mid-Continent later merged with another corporation to form Kast Metals Corporation. Plaintiffs are...

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