SUTHERLAND v. ALMA PLANTATION, L.L.C.

No. 2015-CA-1136.

193 So.3d 1178 (2016)

Elizabeth Gailyne SUTHERLAND v. ALMA PLANTATION, L.L.C., Anco Insulations, Inc., Arrowood Indemnity Company, Eagle Inc. f/k/a Eagle Asbestos & Packing Company Co. Inc., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., and the McCarty Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Nowak , Shirin E. Harrell , Harrell & Nowak, LLC, New Orleans, LA and Charles Valles , Brett M. Powers , DuBose Law Firm, PLLC, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Elizabeth Gailyn Sutherland, James Chustz, Jr., David Chustz, Brian Chustz, and Nicholas Sutherland.

Andrew L. Plauche', Jr. , Kenan S. Rand, Jr. , James K. Ordeneaux , Katelyn W. Harrell , Plauche' Maselli Parkerson L.L.P. New Orleans, LA, and Gary A. Bezet , Gayla M. Moncla , Barrye P. Miyagi , Robert E. Dille , Gregory M. Anding , Allison N. Benoit , Kean, Miller, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Alma Plantation, L.L.C.

Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO.


This appeal arises from the death of plaintiffs' mother from mesothelioma. Decedent alleged that she was exposed to asbestos when she laundered her first husband's work clothes and while cleaning their home. The sugar mill where decedent's first husband worked part-time filed a motion for partial summary judgment contending...

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