ELLIS v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 88 CA 1764.

550 So.2d 1310 (1989)

Yvonne ELLIS, et al. v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part October 18, 1989.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Wheelan, III, William N. Hazlaris, Bruce A. Cranner, New Orleans, Robert Urann, Metairie, Thomas B. Calvert, New Orleans, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine and André Guichard, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

J. Berry St. John, Jr., Robert E. Holden, New Orleans, James P. Dore, Plaquemine, William Craig Wyman, New Orleans and Richard A. Horder, Georgia-Pacific Law Dept., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Before EDWARDS, LANIER and FOIL, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court certifying a class action and providing for class notice through electronic and print media.

We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On February 17, 1981, the plaintiffs instituted this action on their behalf and on the behalf of persons living in Jefferson and Orleans Parishes who were similarly harmed. Plaintiffs seek damages, in the amount of $100.00 for each class...

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