Able v. Vulcan Materials Co.

14Plaintiffs-appellants, Leslie Dillon and his major children, April and Matthew, (collectively the Dillons), appeal the trial court’s judgment entered in conformity with a jury verdict awarding $5,225.00 in general and special damages to Leslie Dillon against defendants, Vulcan Materials Company (Vulcan) and Industrial Coating Contractors, Inc. (ICC) for his exposure to a chemical release, which occurred at the Vulcan plant in Geismar, Louisiana. Because we conclude the trial court erred by requiring the Dillons to use the same jury used in previous consolidated cases arising out of the same…