ADAMS v. ASBESTOS CORP., LTD.

No. 41,028-CA.

930 So.2d 342 (2006)

J.B. ADAMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION, LTD., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeBlanc and Waddell by Jody E. Anderman, Baton Rouge, Jeffrey R. Nicholson; Baron & Budd by Sherri A. Saucer, Dallas, TX, for Appellants Walter R. Britton and Cynthia B. Francis.

Phelps Dunbar by H. Alston Johnson, III, Jane H. Barney, Annette N. Peltier, Baton Rouge, for Appellees Libbey Owens Ford Co., Eaton Corp., Aeroquip-Vickers Inc. and Trinova Corp.

Before STEWART, CARAWAY and MOORE, JJ.


STEWART, J.

Appellants, Walter Rodgers Britton and Cynthia Britton Francis, seek reversal of the trial court's judgment sustaining an exception of no cause of action filed by the appellee, Eaton Corporation, and dismissing their claims with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

On July 6, 1999, appellants were added as plaintiffs in an ongoing asbestos suit. They asserted wrongful death and survival...

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