CHENET v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.

No. 2022-CA-0666.

357 So.3d 479 (2023)

Vita C. CHENET v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 1, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey A. Cheek , THE CHEEK LAW FIRM, 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2310, New Orleans, LA 70130, Lewis Owens Unglesby , Lance C. Unglesby , Adrian M. Simm, Jr. , Jamie F. Gontarek , UNGLESBY LAW FIRM, 246 Napoleon Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE.

James M. Garner , John Thomas Balhoff, II , Curtis J. Case , SHER GARNER CAHILL RICHTER KLEIN & HILBERT, L.L.C., 909 Poydras Street, Suite 2800, New Orleans, LA 70112-4046, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

(Court composed of Judge Rosemary Ledet, Judge Sandra Cabrina Jenkins, Judge Dale N. Atkins).


This is a mesothelioma case. The parties are Vita Chenet's wrongful death beneficiaries —her two sons, Wayne Chenet and Henry Chenet, III (collectively the "Chenet Plaintiffs"); and Colgate-Palmolive Co. ("Colgate"), one of the named defendants.1 From the trial court's May 11, 2022 judgment...

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