SAVOIE v. HUNTINGTON INGALLS, INC.

No. 15-30514.

817 F.3d 457 (2016)

Lorita M. SAVOIE; Marcia Savoie Medlin; Craig M. Savoie; Tania Savoie Alexander; Rodney A. Savoie; Greta Savoie Boudoin; Dale J. Savoie, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. HUNTINGTON INGALLS, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Incorporated, formerly known as Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Incorporated, formerly known as Avondale Industries, Incorporated, formerly known as Avondale Shipyards, Incorporated, formerly known as Avondale Marine Ways, Incorporated; Albert L. Bossier, Jr.; J. Melton Garrett; Onebeacon America Insurance Company, as Successor to Commercial Union Insurance Company and Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company; Pennsylvania General Insurance Company, formerly known as American Employers' Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerolyn Petit Roussel (argued), Jonathan Brett Clement , Roussel & Clement, LaPlace, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Gary Allen Lee, Esq. , John Maurice Futrell, Esq. , Michael Kevin Powell , Lee, Futrell & Perles, L.L.P., Samuel M. Rosamond, III (argued), Crawford Lewis, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CLEMENT, GRAVES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


From 1952 through 1976, the great majority of ocean-going vessels built at Avondale Shipyard1 in Louisiana fulfilled contracts from the federal government. The specifications for these Navy and Coast Guard vessels required asbestos insulation through at least 1968. In this lawsuit brought by survivors...

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