Mazoue v. Avondale Industries, Inc.

| WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Chief Judge.

Prior to his death, Joseph A. Mazoue instituted a tort action against those he felt were responsible for his asbestosis and mesothelioma. Not long after instituting the action, he died intestate. He was survived by one child, Jeanne Mazoue Marsh. Ms. Marsh was substituted as the legal successor of the decedent and in August of 2001, several years after the death of the decedent she settled the case.

Mr. Mazoue had another child, Gloria Mazoue Leahy, who predeceased him. *172She was survived by two children, William Edward Leahy, II, and Pamela Carol Leahy…