STAPLETON v. GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 24386-CA.

639 So.2d 300 (1994)

Johnny STAPLETON and Judy Stapleton, Plaintiffs, v. GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Max Henderson, Old Republic Insurance Company, Louisiana Indemnity Company, Christina Renae Brown, and Allstate Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing in Part and Denying Rehearing in Part July 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Daniel Street, Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants-appellees, Johnny and Judy Stapleton.

Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittman & Hutchinson by Esmond Phelps, II, Dane S. Ciolino, New Orleans, Smith & Shadoin by Robert E. Shadoin, Fred W. Jones, Jr., Ruston, for defendants-appellants-appellees, Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Max Henderson and Old Republic Insurance Co.

Crawford & Anzelmo by Donald J. Anzelmo, Lisa Rogers Trammell, Monroe, for defendants-appellees, Christina R. Brown and Louisiana Indem. Co.

Walter C. Dunn, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellee, Allstate Ins. Co.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Phillip D. Myers, Monroe, for intervenor-appellant-appellee, Travelers Ins. Co.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and VICTORY, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The Louisiana Supreme Court vacated in part, affirmed in part, and remanded our previous holding in Stapleton v. Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, 616 So.2d 1311 (La. App.2d Cir.1993). In that opinion, we held, in relevant part, that the trial judge erred in finding separate causes of action in both the tort case and the worker's compensation intervention and thereby finding the plaintiff, Stapleton, and defendant...

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