Legal Opinion
Domingue v. ABC Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 28, 1998No. 98-657PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.
The Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their survival action pursuant to an exception of prescription.
Claude Domingue was employed as a gau-ger/pumper at certain oil field facilities. As such, he is alleged to have been exposed to benzene and benzene containing chemicals. In January 1994, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by Dr. Eugene Briere. Jason Domingue, his son, was present at the diagnosis. Jason testified via deposition that early in his father’s illness, he questioned Dr. Briere as to whether it was possible that exposure to the sorts of…
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