GRANT v. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.

No. 2006-CA-1180.

952 So.2d 746 (2007)

Thelonius GRANT v. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mickey P. Landry, Frank J. Swarr, David R. Cannella, Landry & Swarr, L.L.C., New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Lawrence G. Pugh III, Edward R. McGowan, Montgomery Barnett Brown Read Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee (Eagle, Inc.).

(Court composed of Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS Jr., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Thelonius Grant, appeals the granting of a motion for summary judgment in favor of Defendant, Eagle Asbestos & Packing Company (n/k/a Eagle, Inc.). We find the trial court erred in finding that there was no genuine issue of material fact as to exposure and that it misapplied the standard for the admission of expert witness testimony in a summary judgment proceeding. Therefore, we reverse and remand.

Plaintiff, who is...

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