Miceli v. American Tobacco

Full title: JOSEPH v. MICELI v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; LORILLARD, INC.; LIGGETT…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

Date published: Mar 27, 1997

691 So. 2d 290 (La. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

No. 96 CA 1135.

March 27, 1997.

George R. Covert and James L. Piker, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph V. Miceli.

Robert E. Winn and Sally A. Shushan, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee The American Tobacco Company.

John Weigel, Joseph Lowenthal, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee Liggett Group, Inc.

John M. McCollam, Steven W. Copley, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee Lorillard, Inc.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and FOIL and FOGG, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

For the reasons assigned in Mary Ruth Ford Miceli v. Armstrong World Industries; Celotex Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Keene Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Rockwool Manufacturing Company; GAF Corporation, American Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc. and Liggett Group, Inc., No. 96 CA 1134, 691 So.2d 283, decided this date, the summary judgment granted by the trial court in favor of defendants is hereby reversed, and this matter is remanded for further proceedings. All costs associated with this appeal are assessed against defendants.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.