Beaudrie v. Anchor Packing Co.

Plaintiffs in these three consolidated cases appeal as of right from the portion of the trial court’s orders applying the worker’s compensation lien of the Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund to all damages recovered in each case. In Docket Nos. 152023 and 152024, the fund cross appeals from the allocation of the tort recovery. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Decedents, Merel Beaudrie, Ralph Wright, and Willie Smith, died from mesothelioma resulting from exposure to asbestos. The personal representative of each estate brought wrongful death actions against a…