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GRAVES v. RIVERWOOD INTERN. CORP.

No. 41,810-CA.

949 So.2d 576 (2007)

Walter T. GRAVES, Plaintiff-Appellee v. RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bergstedt & Mount, by Thomas M. Bergstedt, F. Paul Leger, Brian W. Arabie, Lake Charles, for Defendants-Appellants.

LeBlanc & Waddell, L.L.P., by J. Burton LeBlanc, Cameron R. Waddell, Jeffery R. Nicholson, Jody E. Anderman, Baton Rouge, Baron & Budd, P.C., by Lisa White Shirley, Misty A. Farris, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, and LOLLEY, JJ.

BROWN, Chief Judge.

On April 24, 2000, the original plaintiff, Walter Graves, upon being diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a long-latency asbestos-related disease, filed the instant action against, inter alia, Riverwood International Corporation, the successor-in-interest to his former employers, alleging that his disease was caused by excessive exposure to asbestos and asbestos materials during his employment at the paper mill in West Monroe,...

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