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IN RE NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE

No. 96-C-1677.

690 So.2d 255 (1997)

In re NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benj. R. Slater, Jr., Benj. R. Slater, III, Mark E. Van Horn, Donald J. Miester, Jr., New Orleans, for Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company/Relators.

Henry T. Dart, Metairie, for Plaintiff Management Committee/Respondent.

Before CIACCIO, LOBRANO, ARMSTRONG, PLOTKIN and LANDRIEU, JJ.

CIACCIO, Judge.

On the application of defendants, Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, we grant certiorari to consider whether the trial court erred in denying defendants' motion for summary judgment.

This class action litigation arises from a railway tank car fire which occurred on September 9, 1987 at approximately 1:50 a.m. in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tank car in question had been delivered by a New Orleans Terminal crew...

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