A Louisiana appellate court ruled that the state insurance guaranty association was liable for covering the obligations of two insolvent insurance carriers for a worker’s mesothelioma.
Case: Ehlers v. Ports America Gulfport Inc., No. 2023-CA-0575, 05/16/2024, published.
Facts and procedural history: Frederick Gethers was diagnosed with mesothelioma in January 2021 and died a short time later.
Gethers’ family filed suit against numerous defendants alleging that he was exposed to asbestos while working for SSA Gulf Inc. from 1957 to 1969, and from 1972 to 1978.
The fam...
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