A Bailout for the Respirator Industry: House Bill 2357

Rodney P. Vincent is a senior partner in the New Orleans law firm of Gertler, Gertler, Vincent and Plotkin. He has been involved with silicosis litigation during the past 28 years. A significant part of that litigation has included product liability claims involving dust respirators. He is a member of American Trial Lawyers Association and the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. He is a law graduate from Louisiana State University.

Lee Plotkin graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane Law School in 1991. He was Editor-in-Chief …