WHITE v. ENTERGY GULF STATES LOUISIANA

No. 2013 CA 1608.

167 So.3d 764 (2014)

Dorothy Carter WHITE, Lucy White, Tommy Lloyd White, Jr., Frederick White, and William White v. ENTERGY GULF STATES LOUISIANA, L.L.C., Eagle Incorporated, Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., The J. Graves Insulation Company, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Gaughan , Wells T. Watson , Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Lewis O. Unglesby , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Dorothy Carter White, Lucy White, Tommy Lloyd White, Jr., Frederick White, and William White.

Erin Fury Parkinson , Jose L. Barro, III , Shannon S. Sale , Thomas M. Flanagan , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Third Party, Plaintiff-Appellant, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.

John J. Hainkel, III , Angela M. Bowlin , James H. Brown, Jr. , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

John J. Hainkel, III , Angela M. Bowlin , James H. Brown, Jr. , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, General Electric Company.

John J. Hainkel, III , Angela M. Bowlin , James H. Brown, Jr. , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, Foster Wheeler, L.L.C.

Before PARRO, GUIDRY, WELCH, CRAIN, and DRAKE,


This survival action involves a claim by the survivors of Tommy Lloyd White, Sr. (Mr. White) against Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. (Entergy). The lawsuit asserts damages based upon Mr. White's contraction of and death from mesothelioma, a long-latency disease resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products (ACPs). Mr. White...

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