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MARCHAND v. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS

Nos. 2010-CA-0476, 2010-CA-0543, 2010-CA-0766.

52 So.3d 196 (2010)

Colleen Comer MARCHAND; Bonnie A. Marchand; Patricia Marchand Picou; Dudley L. Marchand, III; Wayne M. Marchand; Rebecca Marchand Kennedy; Charmaine Marchand Bizette; Brett L. Marchand v. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS; Anco Insulations, Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc. (as Successor of Liability to Rhone-Poulenc AG Company f/k/a Amchem Products, Inc. f/k/a Benjamin Foster Company); Ethyl Corporation (Successor to Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company); et al. Elodie Granier Rome and Donald Francis Rome v. Asbestos Defendants; Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (Formerly Avondale Industries, Inc. and Formerly Avondale Shipyards, Inc.) and its Executive Officers, Albert Bossier, Jr. and J. Melton Garrett; American Motorists Insurance Company; et al. Wayne Joseph St. Pierre v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., (Formerly Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., Formerly, Avondale Industries, Inc., and Formerly Avondale Shipyards, Inc.) and its Executive Officers, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerolyn P. Roussel , Perry J. Roussel, Jr. , Jonathan B. Clement , Lauren R. Clement , Roussel & Clement, Laplace, LA, For Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Charles V. Giordano , Anthony J. Milazzo, Jr. , Hebbler & Giordano, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellee (Rapid-American Corporation).

(Court composed of Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).

MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, plaintiffs in three cases appeal the granting of exceptions of lack of personal jurisdiction filed by defendant, Rapid-American Corporation. The rulings at issue were rendered by three trial court judges. This Court granted the unopposed motion of Rapid-American Corporation to consolidate these cases for purposes of this appeal as all three cases involve the same issue.1

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