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BOURQUE v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC.

No. 09-693.

25 So.3d 1008 (2009)

Eddie BOURQUE, Jr., et ux. v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Shuman, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Honeywell International, Inc.

John J. Hainkel, III, Frilot, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, National Automotive Parts Association.

Mickey P. Landry, Frank Joseph Swarr, New Orleans, LA, Jessica M. Dean, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Eddie Bourque, Jr., Cassie Bourque.

Douglas Richard Elliott, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Anco Insulations, Inc.

Ernest George Foundas, Kuchler, Polk, Schell, et al., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Union Carbide Corporation.

Patrick D. Roquemore, Kean, Miller, et al., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Patrick Edelen Costello, Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Lake Charles Stevedores.

April Ann McQuillar, Simon, Peragine, et al., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Bondex International.

M. Todd Barnett, Spears & Gary, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Citgo Petroleum Corporation.

Jonique Hall, Kuchler, Polk, Schell, et al., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, General Motors, Ford Motor Company.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.

AMY, Judge.

Former employee and wife brought personal injury action against former employer, alleging occupational exposure to asbestos. Former employer filed a motion for summary judgment, alleging that any remedy the plaintiffs may have is exclusively through the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which preempts state remedies. The trial court granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment. The plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

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