IN RE NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION

No. 97-CC-2547.

702 So.2d 677 (1997)

In re NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 31, 1997.


PER CURIAM.*

This case arises from the tank car leakage and fire in September of 1987. A class of approximately 8,000 plaintiffs filed suit against a number of defendants, seeking to recover for property damage, physical injuries, inconvenience, evacuation, fear and fright. Phase I of the case resulted in a trial including twenty plaintiffs. On September 9, 1997, the jury returned verdicts in favor of all 20 Phase I plaintiffs for compensatory...

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