Cole v. Celotex Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• Damage is considered to have been sustained only when it has manifested itself with sufficient certainty to support the accrual of the cause of action
• “[T]he question is whether, in light of plaintiff's own information and the diagnoses he received, the plaintiff was reasonable to delay in filing suit.”
• “prescription commences to run from the day injury or damage is sustained. Damage is considered to have been sustained . . . only when it has manifested itself with sufficient certainty to support accrual of a cause of action.”
• in case of asbestos exposure, holding that prescription commenced when the plaintiff was definitively diagnosed with asbestosis, where previous doctors had told him his x-ray abnormalities could be the result of multiple causes and he previously had no symptoms
• explaining the doctrine of contra non valentem

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Marin v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2010-10-19· cited 196×
• Bailey v. Khoury
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-01-20· cited 128×
• Rogers v. Corrosion Products, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-01-12· cited 85×
• Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1998-12-09· cited 83×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,222 Carl O. Brown, Jr. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-06-09· cited 64×
• Eastin v. Entergy Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2004-02-06· cited 63×
• Kling Realty Co., Inc. v. Chevron USA, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-07-13· cited 58×
• Watters v. Department of Social Services
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2009-06-17· cited 48×
• Amoco Production Co. v. Texaco, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2003-01-29· cited 43×
• Specialized Loan Servicing, L.L.C. v. January
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2013-06-28· cited 42×
• Ames v. Ohle
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2012-05-23· cited 38×
• Jack v. Evonik Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-08-22· cited 36×
• Touchet v. Baker Hughes Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-02-03· cited 34×
• Cameron Parish School Bd. v. Acands, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1997-01-31· cited 33×
• Pratt v. Himel Marine, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-06-21· cited 30×
• Hazelwood Farm, Inc. v. Liberty Oil and Gas Corp.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2003-04-02· cited 30×
• Hebert v. Shelton
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2009-06-03· cited 30×
• Caro v. Bradford White Corp.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1996-07-30· cited 29×
• Smith v. Cutter Biological
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-09-06· cited 27×
• Tenorio v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2015-04-15· cited 25×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jordan v. Employee Transfer Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1987-06-22· cited 148×
• State v. Barras
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-03-08· cited 133×
• In Re Medical Review Panel of Howard
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1991-01-22· cited 54×
• Michael D. Knaps, and Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant v. B & B Chemical Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-10-09· cited 28×
• McCray v. New England Ins. Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1991-05-08· cited 11×