STEWART v. RHEEM MFG. CO.

No. CA 05-726.

926 So.2d 90 (2006)

Debbie B. STEWART v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Adolph Bernard, Jr., William Martin Hudson, III, Lawrence Edward Marino, Kimberly M. Bernard, Oats & Hudson, Lafayette, LA, Edgar Dean Gankendorff, Provosty, Sadler, et al, New Orleans, LA, Lawrence Jerome Goldstein, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Ryan Stewart, Kelly Stewart Shreve, Kyra Stewart, Debbie B. Stewart.

Michael Gonzales Durand, Timothy John McNamara, Brent Gerard Sonnier, Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, Michael Wayne Landry, Law Offices of Harold Toscano, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Duracell International, Inc.

L. Albert Forrest, Attorney at Law, New Iberia, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Glenn Keith Menard State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Paul Joseph Hebert, Ottinger Hebert, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Keith Menard.

Ralph Shelton Hubbard, III, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, Celeste D. Elliott, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin, & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, Carolyn Bateman Hennesy, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois.

J. Reginald Keogh, Stephen R. Wilson, Keogh, Cox, & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, Stephen M. Whitlow, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Rheem Manufacturing Co.

Bruce C. Waltzer and Joel Waltzer, Pro se.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

Occupants of a leased home brought suit to recover damages for exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (hereinafter referred to as "PCBs") occurring when a capacitor in the home's air conditioning unit ruptured. The homeowner, unit manufacturer, and capacitor manufacturer filed motions for summary judgment. The homeowner's motion was denied and the manufacturers' motions were granted on the basis of federal preemption. Plaintiffs appealed the granting...

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