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LIVINGSTON PARISH POLICE JURY v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R.

No. 83 CA 0178.

432 So.2d 1027 (1983)

LIVINGSTON PARISH POLICE JURY, et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Kuhn, Denham Springs, Hobart O. Pardue, Springfield, Eric L. Pittman, Haydn S. Berey, Burgess & Lee, Livingston, Robert Morrison, Calvin Fayard, Denham Springs, Cynthia Fayard, Livingston, Dué, Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Caskey, Baton Rouge, Keith Rowe, Livingston, for plaintiffs.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., John C. Reynolds, David S. Kelly, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, for defendants.

Before COVINGTON, LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.

COVINGTON, Judge.

The plaintiffs, the Livingston Parish Police Jury and twenty-one individuals, brought this action, arising from a mass tort situation, on their own behalf and on behalf of residents of Livingston Parish. Further, the petition averred class representation on behalf of "all persons, firms and/or corporations who have and/or may sustain damage as a result of the evacuation, fires, explosions, toxic exposures and/or contaminations and all other losses...

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