Blow v. OneBeacon America Insurance Co.

|/‘It is well settled in Louisiana Law that [ojnce a party’s cause of action accrues, it becomes a vested property right that may not be constitutionally divested.” Marcel v. Delta Shipbuilding Co., 10-0168 (La.App. 4 Cir. 8/4/10), 45 So.3d 634, 639. A survival cause of action in a long-latency occupational diseasé accrues at the time of significant exposure, which is when the exposures “later result in the manifestation of damages.” Austin v. Abney Mills, Inc., 01-1598, pp. 25-26 (La.9/4/2), 824 So.2d 1137,1154 citing Cole v. Celotex, 599 So.2d 1058, 1066 (La.1992).

In the instant case, Mr.…