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WILLIAMS v. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS

No. 2011-CA-0716.

95 So.3d 497 (2012)

J.C. WILLIAMS and Betty Williams v. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS; Bucyrus International, Inc.; CBS Corporation (f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation); the Dow Chemical Company; Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Entergy New Orleans, Inc.; Foster-Wheeler LLC (Formerly Foster-Wheeler Corporation); General Electric Company; et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerolyn P. Roussel , Perry J. Roussel, Jr. , Jonathan B. Clement , Lauren R. Clement , Leonard K. Fisher, III , Benjamin P. Dinehart , Roussel & Clement, LaPlace, LA, for J.C. Williams and Betty Williams.

Kevin R. Derham , Andrew Weinstock , Duplass Zwain Bourgeois Pfister & Weinstock, Metairie, LA, for Bucyrus, International, Inc.

John J. Hainkel, III , Angela Bowlin , James H. Brown, Jr. , Peter R. Tafaro , Meredith K. Keenan , Rebecca A. Zotti , Frilot, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Foster Wheeler, LLC.

Marcus Brown , Cory R. Cahn , Gary M. Carter, Jr. , Entergy Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA, for Entergy Louisiana, LLC & Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

Gary A. Bezet , Barrye Panepinto Miyagi , Robert E. Dille , Gregory M. Anding , Janice M. Culotta , Carol L. Galloway , Allison N. Benoit , Sarah K. Weissman , Kean Miller LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Shell Oil Company & Shell Chemical Company.

Jamie H. Baglio , Margaret M. Joffe , A. Wendel Stout, III , Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for ANCO Insulations, Inc.

William C. Harrison, Jr. , Theodore L. White , A. Wendel Stout, III , Jennifer E. Adams , Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Riley Power, Inc.

Deborah D. Kuchler , McGready L. Richeson , Ernest G. Foundas , Michael H. Abraham , Francis X. deBlanc , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Union Carbide Corporation.

David M. Bienvenu, Jr. , John Allain Viator , Lexi T. Holinga , Bienvenu Bonnecaze Foco Viator Holinga APLLC, Todd S. Manuel , Kathryn C. Goodson , John M. Parker, Jr. , Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for The Dow Chemical Company.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge PAUL A. BONIN).

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal arises from the personal injury and death of J.C. Williams from asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis and/or other complications. J.C. Williams and his wife filed a petition against multiple defendants seeking damages from alleged asbestos exposure. After the death of J.C. Williams and multiple motions for summary judgment, the trial court dismissed two defendants, held that punitive damages were not permitted, and denied a partial...

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