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May 22, 2009.
Rehearing Denied September 4, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
McGlinchey Stafford, Arthur H. Leith, New Orleans, Dan Edward West, Baton Rouge, Sharrolyn Jackson Miles, New Orleans, for Applicant (2008-C-1163).
Jeansonne & Remondet, Scott F. Higgins, Donovan Jay O'Pry, II, Lafayette; Baron & Budd, Jody Edward Anderman, Dallas, TX, Cameron Ray Waddell, Jason Kyle Placke, Baton Rouge, Renee Marie Melancon, Dallas, TX; Robert Elton Arceneaux, Metairie, for Respondent (2008-C-1163).
Jeansonne & Remondet, Scott F. Higgins, Donovan Jay O'Pry, II, Lafayette, for Applicant (2008-C-1169).
Baron & Budd, Jody Edward Anderman, Dallas, TX, Cameron Ray Waddell, Jason Kyle Placke, Baton Rouge, Renee Marie Melancon, Dallas, TX; Robert Elton Arceneaux, Metairie; McGlinchey Stafford, Arthur H. Leith, New Orleans, Dan Edward West, Baton Rouge, Sharrolyn Jackson Miles, New Orleans, for Respondent (2008-C-1169).
Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III, Brian Carl Bossier, Erin Helen Boyd, Mandeville, for American Motorists Insurance Company, Northrop Grumman Ship System, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
David Mark Bienvenu, Jr., William Shelby McKenzie, Lexi Trahan Holinga, Baton Rouge, for Dow Chemical Co., Union Carbide Corp., Ethyl Corporation, Amicus Curiae.
Kelly Lynn Callahan, Jonathan Brett Clement, Lauren Roussel Clement, Gerolyn Petit Roussel, Perry Joseph Roussel, Jr., La Place, for Josie Legendre Grainer, widow-Byron Granier, Amicus Curiae.
Rodney P. Vincent, Louis Lowell Plotkin, Mike Gertler, Louis Leopold Gertler, New Orleans, Marcia Ann Frinkelstein, for Lorena Belsome Lajaunie and other Similarly Plaintiffs, Amicus Curiae.
Floyd J. Falcon, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Louisiana AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
KNOLL, Justice.*
We granted these consolidated writ applications to resolve a conflict among the appellate courts of this state on the issue of whether mesothelioma is a compensable occupational disease under the pre-1975 version of the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Act (the "Act"). Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc., et al., 08-1163 c/w 08-1169 (La.9/26/08), 992 So.2d 972, 973. Specifically, a...
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