LeBlanc & Waddell, LLP, Announces $3.2 Million Judgment for Pipefitter/Welder in Louisiana Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit

BATON ROUGE, La., April 18  /PRNewswire/ -- The Baton Rouge-based law firm of LeBlanc & Waddell, LLP, is announcing a $3.2 million judgment against eight defendants who were found responsible for workplace asbestos exposure that caused a Metairie, La., man to contract a fatal lung cancer.
The judgment signed by Judge Robert Burns in the 19th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge awards $2.8 million to Louisiana native Ray F. Rando for pain, suffering and mental anguish, and $402,000 in special damages.
The case was tried before Judge Burns in January.  His final judgment was entered April 16 against Jacob Constructors (formerly H.E. Wiese Inc.), Parsons Infrastructure and Technology, Lou-Con Construction, insulator contractors Eagle and McCarty, Shell Oil Company, Tenneco and Murphy Oil.
"Mr. Rando and his family are very glad that the court agreed with what we have  said all along: that the defendants were responsible for exposing our client to deadly asbestos," says Cameron Waddell, lead counsel for Mr. Rando. "Our team worked hard to make sure the facts were clear, and we are pleased that this judgment will help the Rando family."
LeBlanc & Waddell attorneys Jena LeBlanc Duncan and Jody Anderman also represented Mr. Rando in the trial.
Mr. Rando worked as a pipefitter and welder at various commercial and industrial sites beginning in 1965.  Evidence in the case showed that none of Mr. Rando's employers warned him about the dangers of the asbestos products he regularly handled during the course of his work.
In September 2005, Mr. Rando, now 61, was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, a fatal lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.  The effects of asbestos exposure, including the onset of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, can take decades to surface.
For more information on the verdict, please contact Cameron Waddell at 225-768-7222.
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CONTACT:  Cameron Waddell of LeBlanc & Waddell, LLP, +1-225-768-7222