SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. ________
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JIMMY AND BRENDA BONNETTE, ET AL.
V.
CONOCO, INC., ET AL.
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CIVIL PROCEEDING
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ON AN APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF REVIEW TO THE
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, ON ITS DECISION IN
NO. 01-0297, AFFIRMING THE JUDGMENT OF THE FOURTEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NO. 95-4112,
THE HONORABLE GREGORY D. LYONS, PRESIDING JUDGE
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AMICI CURIAE BRIEF OF THE AMERICAN TORT REFORM ASSOCIATION,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE,
LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, AND LOUISIANA
MID-CONTINENT OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANT
CONOCO, INC.'S APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF REVIEW
Of Counsel Victor E. Schwartz
Mark A. Behrens
Sherman Joyce Keith Borman
AMERICAN TORT REFORM ASSOCIATION Leah Lorber
1850 M Street, N.W., Suite 1095 Luis A. Perez (Bar # 10434)*
Washington, D.C. 20036 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
(202) 682-1163 Hamilton Square
600 Fourteenth Street, N.W., Suite 800
Quentin Riegel Washington, D.C. 20005-2004
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS (202) 783-8400
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 600 Attorneys for Amici Curiae
Washington, D.C. 20004 * Counsel of Record
(202) 637-3055
Stephen A. Bokat
NATIONAL CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, INC.
1615 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20062
(202) 463-5337
David Deale
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
SNIPPETS:
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, ON ITS DECISION IN NO. 01-0297, AFFIRMING THE JUDGMENT OF THE
PRESIDING JUDGE
AMICI CURIAE BRIEF OF THE AMERICAN TORT REFORM ASSOCIATION,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN
INC.'S APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF REVIEW
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 600 Attorneys for Amici Curiae
1220 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005
Defendants Alike
Cir.
Asbestos Liability System Needs Immediate Overhaul,
Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation: A Reply to
Bankruptcy Route, Wall St. J., Dec. 21, 2000
Jury Awards Waterfront Worker $2.4 Million,
Exposure Suit, Vol. 8 No. 16 Mealey's Litig.
The American Tort Reform Association, founded in 1986, is a broad-based
whether mere exposure to a toxic substance gives rise to a cause of action for damages.
Amici discuss the potentially adverse public policy effects of allowing plaintiffs to proceed
than just subjective belief or unsupported speculation.
on the no-threshold model, and the Third Circuit failed to correct this error.
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