HUNTER v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 84-CA-152.

468 So.2d 28 (1985)

Marshall HUNTER, et als., v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, et als.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominic J. Gianna, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, New Orleans, for defendant-appellees.

Leonard K. Fisher, Jr., G. Don Irby, Kirk R. Granier, Boutte, for plaintiff-appellants.

Before CHEHARDY, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the refusal of a trial judge in the 29th Judicial District Court to certify the instant proceeding as a class action in accord with LSA-C.C.P. arts. 591 and 592. We affirm.

On December 11, 1982, an explosion occurred at the Union Carbide Corporation plant in Taft, Louisiana, causing approximately 17,000 persons, including Marshall Hunter, to be evacuated from nearby homes.

Hunter filed suit on December 20, 1982...

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