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July 10, 2006.
July 10, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roussel & Roussel, Gerolyn P. Roussel, Perry J. Roussel, Jr., Angelique R. Duhon, LaPlace, for Applicant.
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, William L. Schuette, Jr., Leon Gary, Jr., James C. Percy, Michael W. Crosby, New Orleans, Olivia L. Smith, Denver, CO.; Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Stephen N. Elliott, Ann M. Sico, Metairie; Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, Susan B. Kohn, Douglas R. Kinler, New Orleans; Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, Lawrence G. Pugh, III, New Orleans; Lynn Luker & Associates, Lynn M. Luker, New Orleans, Francine M. Giugno, for Respondent.
Joy Goldberg Braun, New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (PLAC).
Phil S. Goldberg, Mark A. Behrens, Washington, D.C., Kaye N. Courington, New Orleans, and Victor E. Schwartz, for Amici Curiae, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States, American Chemistry Council, American Insurance Association, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.
Patricia Cowen Penton, Richard Marshall Perles, Gary Allen Lee and Anita Ann Cates, New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae, Pete Territo.
David Mark Bienvenu, Jr., Baton Rouge, and William Shelby McKenzie, for Amici Curiae, National Association of Manufacturers, Louisiana Chemical Association, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, Louisiana Independent Oil & Gas Association, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, Caterpillar, Inc., Conoco Phillips, Dow Chemical Company, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Georgia Pacific Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation.
Maureen Noonan Harbourt and Gary A. Bezet, Baton Rouge, for Amici Curiae, Louisiana Chemical Association, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Shell Oil Company.
Jason Taylor Little, Christopher T. Grace, III, Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III, Brian Carl Bossier, and Tara Nunez Smith, Mandeville, for Amicus Curiae Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Inc.
Joseph Henry Hart, IV, New Orleans, Ryan C. Wallis, and Lawrence Emerson Abbott, New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae, E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
R. Dean Church, Jr., New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae, O-I f/k/a Owens Illinois, Inc.
James L. Ellis, Baton Rouge, for Ascension Chamber of Commerce, Bqaton Rouge Area Chamber, et al., and Ascension Economic Development Corporation.
Walter R. House, Jr., for Louisiana Department of Economic Development.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
KIMBALL, Justice.
The issue presented in this case is whether loss of enjoyment of life is recoverable as a separate element of general damages that may be included as a separate item on a jury verdict form. For the reasons that follow, we hold that loss of enjoyment of life is recoverable as a separate element of general damages that may be included as a separate item on a jury verdict form and find that the court of appeal...
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