ALEXANDER v. THIOKOL CORP.

No. 04-1215.

893 So.2d 920 (2005)

Samuel ALEXANDER, et al. v. THIOKOL CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Luke Edwards, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Samuel Alexander, et al.

Patrick J. Hanna, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, LLC, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees: Nelson P. Stelly, Sidney Martin, Vernon L. Langlinais.

Scott R. Bickford, Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs: Joseph Davis, et al.

Edward P. Landry, Landry & Watkins, New Iberia, Louisiana, for Defendant: Continental Casualty Company.

Stephen Porter Hall, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant: Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London.

Richard M. Simses, Abbott, Simses, etc., Houston, Texas, for Defendant: The Home Insurance Company.

Gordon P. Wilson, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant: Travelers Casualty & Surety Company.

Scott C. Seiler, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, Louisiana, Kyle P. Polozola, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants: Morton Thiokol, Morton Salt Company, Morton Chemical Company.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MARC T. AMY, and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether Plaintiffs' suit against their employer for injuries sustained from exposure to asbestos and silica interrupted prescription for similar claims made against the employer's executive officers, who were added as Defendants over three years after the filing of the original suit. The trial court sustained the executive officers' exception of prescription, and Plaintiffs...

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