(September 20, 2017, 2:08 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Family members mistakenly signed away asbestos wrongful death claims based on their father’s attorney’s misrepresentations, and the failure to hire their own counsel should not be considered inexcusable neglect, plaintiffs told the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Sept. 18 (Essie Lemieux, et al. v. American Optical Corp., No. 17-30346, 5th Cir.)....