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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #031
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions handed down on the 22nd day of May, 2009, are as follows:
BY KNOLL, J.:
2008-C -1163
C/W
2008-C -1169

RAY F. RANDO v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of E.

Baton Rouge)


Calogero, C.J. retired, recused. Chief Justice Calogero recused
himself after oral argument and he has not participated in the
deliberation of this case.

For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the Court of Appeal,
First Circuit, is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.

VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons.


WEIMER, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Victory, J.

05/22/09

SUPREM E COURT OF LOUISIANA No.  08-C-1163 c/w 08-C-1169 RAY F. RANDO versus ANCO INSULATIONS INC., ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE KNOLL, JUSTICE.*
We granted these consolidated writ applications to resolve a conflict among the appellate courts of this state on the issue of whether mesothelioma is a compensable occupational disease under the pre-1975 version of the Louisiana Workers

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