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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. v. STEPHENS

No. 01-05-00132-CV.

239 S.W.3d 304 (2007)

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Fred STEPHENS and Betty Stephens, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled October 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric T. Furey, John R. Gilbert, Gilbert & Gilbert, Angleton, TX, Russell S. Post, David M. Gunn, Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Jeffrey Blake Simon, Waters & Kraus, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Joe G. Hollingsworth, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Clay B. Carroll, Dallas, TX, Michael P. Fleming, Conroe, TX, Sean Patrick Tracey, Clark, Depew & Tracey, LTD., L.L.P., Houston, TX, Charles S. Siegel, Loren Jacobson, Waters & Kraus L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices ALCALA, HANKS, and BLAND.

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

In this asbestos case, Georgia-Pacific Corporation seeks reversal of a judgment on a jury verdict against it and in favor of appellees, Fred and Betty Stephens. The Stephenses sued Georgia-Pacific and other defendants after Fred developed mesothelioma, alleging that he contracted the disease in part as a result of his exposure to Georgia-Pacific joint compound during the years...

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