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ATKINS v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC.

Nos. 93-CA-1904 through 93-CA-1911.

638 So.2d 302 (1994)

Gracie S. ATKINS, et al. v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC., et al. Cheryl A. BONE v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC., et al. Elisa ADAMS, et al. v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC., et al. (Two Cases). Kerilyn F. ADAMS, et al. v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC., et al. Autry L. AIDOS, et al. v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC., et al. Monique K. BROOKS v. THOMPSON HAYWARD CHEMICAL CORPORATION, et al. Vernel TAYLOR v. HARCROSS CHEMICALS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Cummings, III, Richard M. Martin, Jr., Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr., Fayard, Harris & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, W. Hugh Sibley, Sibley & McShan, Greensburg, Frank Edwards, Domengeaux, Wright, Moroux & Roy, Hammond, Hugh P. Lambert, Linda J. Nelson, Lambert & Nelson, New Orleans, Lewis O. Unglesby, Unglesby & Koch, Baton Rouge, Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux, Wright, Moroux & Roy, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees Grace Atkins, et al.

Burt K. Carnahan, Wayne R. Maldonado, Lobman, Carnahan & Batt, Metairie, and Robert R. Raymond, Joel R. Mosher, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, MO, for defendants-appellants Harcross Chemicals, Inc.

Charles S. McCowen, Jr., G. William Jarman, Gary A. Bezet, Susan K. Carter, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Philips Electronics North America Corp. formerly known as North American Philips Corp. and T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO, and JONES, JJ.

KLEES, Judge.

Defendants Harcross Chemicals, Inc. ["Harcros"], North American Phillips Corporation, and T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Company, Inc. ["Than"] appeal the judgment of the district court certifying these eight consolidated cases as a single class action. We affirm.

The lower court certified a class of individuals living within three blocks of a warehouse located at 7700 Earhart Boulevard in New Orleans. The warehouse, which is presently owned...

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