Opinion
No. 00-1142 c/w 00-1141 c/w WRIT NO. 00-581
March 28, 2001.
APPEAL FROM THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NOS. 97-8978 97-8985, HONORABLE CHARLEY QUIENALTY, DISTRICT JUDGE
J. B. Jones, Jennifer Jones, Jones Law Firm P.O. Drawer 1550, Cameron, LA 70631, Telephone: (337) 775-5714, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Clay Adams.
Martin Golden, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver Blitzer, 445 North Boulevard — Suite 300 (70802), P.O. Box 2997, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2997 Telephone: (225) 383-4703 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS: Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.
Louis G. Adolfsen, Neil S. Sambursky, Melito Adolfsen, Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10279, Telephone: (212) 238-8900, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.
Edward J. Koehl, Jr., Robert T. Lemon, II, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrére Denégre, L.L.P. 201 So. Charles Avenue — 47th Floor New Orleans, LA 70170-5100 Telephone: (504) 582-8176 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Hartford Accident and Indemnity, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.
Drew Ranier, Ranier, Gayle Elliot, 1419 Ryan Street (70601) P.O. Box 1890 Lake Charles, LA 70602-1890 Telephone: (337) 494-7171 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: Jeff Mary Poe
Robert McCall, Baggett, McCall Burgess, Drawer 7820 Lake Charles, LA 70606 Telephone: (337) 478-8888 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: Jeff Mary Poe Robert Redwine, Sutterfield Webb 650 Poydras Street — Suite 2715 New Orleans, LA 70130 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Allianz Insurance Company
David Fraser, Tynes, Fraser, Morris Wheeler Box 4886 Lake Charles, LA 70606 Telephone: (337) 478-8595 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Cigna Specialty Insurance Company and Pacific Employers Insurance Company.
William Erickson, Robins, Kaplan, Miller Ciresi 222 Berkeley Street — Suite 2200 Boston, MA 02116 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Argonaut Insurance Company, Evanston Insurance Company, Gibraltor Reinsurance Company, Government Employees Insurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company, RLI Insurance Company, and Northwestern National Insurance Company.
Richard Geddes, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran Arnold 209 South LaSalle Street — 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60604-1202 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: XL Insurance Co., Ltd.
Scott Morgan Elkins Associates Place St. Charles — Suite 3700 201 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70130 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Adriatic Insurance Co.
Thomas Bergstedt Bergstedt Law Firm Box 3004 Lake Charles, LA 70602 Telephone: (337) 436-4600 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: OXY USA and Occidental Chemical Corp.
John Braymer Box 2431 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Gulf States Utilities.
Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Jimmie C. Peters, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.
For the reasons discussed in the consolidated case of Jeff and Mary Poe, et al. v. PPG Industries, Hartford Accident and Indemnity, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company, 00-1141 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/28/01); 782 So.2d 1168, the judgment of the trial court granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs is affirmed. Costs of the appeal are assessed to the appellants.
AFFIRMED.