CARR v. GAF, INC.

No. 97 CA 0838R.

711 So.2d 802 (1998)

Robert H. CARR, III, Kathleen Carr, Individually and as Representatives of All Persons Similarly Situated v. GAF, INC., GAF Building Materials Corp., State Roofing and Supply Company, Inc., and Fontaine Lumber Company, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Jerome D'Aquila, New Roads, George Matthews Fleming, Houston, TX, Jules B. LeBlanc, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs/appellees, Robert H. Carr, III, et al.

Dominic J. Gianna, New Orleans, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, for defendants/appellants, GAF, Inc., et al.

Before FOIL, WHIPPLE and KUHN, JJ.


WHIPPLE, Judge.

This matter is before us on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court, which granted defendants a suspensive appeal herein and remanded with instructions to proceed on an expedited basis. In this appeal, defendants challenge the trial court's judgment which conditionally certified a class of plaintiffs. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 14, 1996, plaintiffs, Robert Carr, III and Kathleen...

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