Legal Opinion
Francis v. Union Carbide Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 8, 2013No. 2012-CA-1397PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.
_JjThis appeal arises from the alleged take-home exposure to asbestos received by the plaintiff while his father worked at a New Orleans shipyard. The shipyard’s insurer filed a motion for summary judgment asserting that no genuine issues of material fact existed because the plaintiff lacked evidence that his father was exposed to asbestos or that he was exposed to his father’s work clothes even if the clothes were contaminated with asbestos. The trial court granted the insurer’s motion for summary judgment and stated that the plaintiff did not meet “his burden of proving…
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