Faciane v. Travelers Insurance Company, Petitions and Eagle-Picher's Exception (1961-1962)

Court papers in the suit of Mrs. Gladys Faciane, widow of insulator Clarence A. Faciane, Sr., against The Travelers Insurance Company, Eagle-Picher and others, in the 19th Judicial District Court for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The petition says Faciane worked as an insulator for Armstrong Contracting & Supply Corporation, breathed insulation material on the job, and died on or about March 20, 1960, from damage to his lungs. The supplemental and amended petition added insulation and fiber glass makers and two tobacco companies, R. J. Reynolds and P. Lorillard, as defendants. The set closes with Eagle-Picher's exception (objection) of April 23, 1962.

What it shows

This is one of the earliest suits by an insulation worker's family against the makers of insulation products. It charged the manufacturers with failing to warn of "the dangers inherent in the products" and with assuring workers "that there were no dangers." Eagle-Picher's notice of service describes it as a death action "allegedly due to failure to warn deceased of inherent danger in using insulating material."

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Complaint and Amended Complaint filed in Gladys Faciane v. Travelers Insurance Co., Eagle-Picher, et al. (U.S.D.C., Louisiana) in August 1960 and March 1961, respectively. Mrs. Gladys Faciane, widow of Clarence Faciane, filed her complaint against insurers, asbestos and fiber glass manufacturers and tobacco companies for compensation for injury to her husband's lungs. Clarence was an insulation worker, who worked for various insulation companies for approximately 4 years. Eagle-Picher's Demurrer to the Amended Complaint, dated 4/23/62.

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About this copy

This is document 897 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-005148 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-005167.