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ARRANT v. GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERN., INC.

Nos. 48,197-CA, 48,198-CA, 48,199-CA, 48,200-CA, 48,201-CA, 48,202-CA, 48,203-CA.

127 So.3d 924 (2013)

James Clifford ARRANT, et al., Appellees v. GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Appellants. Marvin Jack Barnett, Jr., et al., Appellees v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., et al., Appellants. Kenneth Noel Bain, Sr., et al., Appellees v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., et al., Appellants. George Emory Butler, et al., Appellees v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., et al., Appellants. W.H. Auttonberry, et al., Appellees v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., et al., Appellants. Jimmie Dewayne Baugh, et al., Appellees v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., et al., Appellants. Melvin Ellis Bordelon, et al., Appellees v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Bezet , Maxwell G. Kees , Carol L. Galloway , Robert E. Dille , Janice M. Culotta , Gregory M. Anding , Allison N. Benoit , Barrye Panepinto Miyagi , Baton Rouge , LA, Sarah E. Weissman , for Appellants, Olin Corp. & Graphic Graphic Packaging Int'l, Inc.

The Steckler Law Firm, by Bruce W. Steckler , Kelly N. Reddell , Dimos, Erskine, Monroe, LA, by Jimmy N. Dimos , for Appellees, Hugh Calhoun, Tommie, Ford, Melvin E. Bordelon, Marvin J. Barnett, Jr., Jimmy Dewayne Baugh, W.H. Auttonberry, George, Emory Butler, Kenneth N., Bain, Sr., James Clifford, Arrant, Roy Robert, Vernice Pleasant, Jr., Jerry Hall & Ronald Ivy.

Leigh Ann Tschirn Schell , Michele Hale DeShazo , Sarah E. Roy , for IMO Industries, Inc.

Joseph B. Morton, III , New Orleans, LA, Thomas W. Tardy, III , Jason D. Watkins , for Dresser-Rand Company.

Glenn Lyle M. Swetman , Kay Barnes Baxter , Christopher O. Massenburg , Brandie M. Thibodeaux , New Orleans, LA, Margaret A. Casey , for Andritz, Inc.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY & PITMAN, JJ.

PITMAN, J.

Defendants Graphic Packaging International, Inc. (f/k/a Riverwood International USA, Inc., Riverwood International Corporation, Olinkraft, Inc., and Manville Forest Products Corporation), and Olin Corporation, (hereafter, "Graphic" and "Olin," respectively), appeal the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of Plaintiffs Hugh Calhoun, Roy Robert, Ronald Ivy, Jerry Hall, Tommy Ford and Vernice (Joe) Pleasant, awarding each plaintiff $50,000 for occupational...

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