RICHARDSON v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

No. 95-CA-898.

672 So.2d 1161 (1996)

Carolyn RICHARDSON, Louis Richardson, Earvin Allen, and Jessie Bouyer, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Bologna, Habans, Bologna & Carriere, Gene W. Lafitte, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant.

Samuel M. Yonter, Kenner, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Before GAUDIN, BOWES, DUFRESNE, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


GOTHARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court ruling granting a motion for certification of these consolidated cases as a class action. For the following reasons, we affirm the ruling.

This action began as a result of an incident which occurred on the afternoon of August 11, 1992, in which sulfur dioxide was released into the air from start up procedures at a sulfuric acid facility in Waggaman, Louisiana owned by American Cyanamid Company. The noxious...

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