Walter Mixon ALLEN, Jr. and Mattie Gayle Allen
v.
PENNCO ENGINEERING CO., et al.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 28, 1994.
February 28, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles R. Moore, Edward J. Walters, Jr., Moore, Walters & Shoenfelt, Baton Rouge, LA, for Walter Mixon Allen, Jr., Mattie Gayle Allen.
H. Alston Johnson, III, Marshall M. Redmon, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Baton Rouge, LA, for Pennsylvania Engineering Corp., Pennsylvania Engineering Co., Division of Pennco Engineering Co.
Alan Dean Weinberger, Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna, Barbara Lee Arras, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, LA, William H. Howard, III, H. Alston Johnson, III, Marshall M. Redmon, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Baton Rouge, LA, for Pennco Engineering Co.
W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr., James C. Carver, David Mark Bienvenu, Jr., Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Balchem Corp.
John A. Bolles, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, for Sun Refining and Marketing Co.
Dominic Joseph Gianna, Alan Dean Weinberger, David L. Bateman, William Matthew Blackston, Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna, New Orleans, LA, for Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co., Inc.
Patrick Hannon Patrick, Richard C. Badeaux, Robert M. Contois, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Texaco, Inc.
Judith R.E. Atkinson, Thomas E. Balhoff, Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, LA, for American Sterilizers Co.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.
RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
POLOZOLA, District Judge.
I. FACTS
Walter Mixon Allen, Jr. allegedly contracted brain cancer and nerve damage and an eye injury as a result of systematic exposure to a chemical known as ethylene oxide ("ETO") while working as a maintenance employee for the Baton Rouge General Medical Center ("the hospital"). ETO is the active ingredient in Penngas — a sterilizing agent utilized by the hospital...
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