Sharon HOLLAWAY, et al.
v.
GAYLORD CHEMICAL CORP., Gaylord Container Corp. and ABC Insurance Company.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 28, 1998.
As Corrected March 12, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen B. Murray, New Orleans, Ronnie G. Penton, Bogalusa, Gerald E. Meunier, New Orleans, James S. Farmer, Bogalusa, Reginald J. Laurent, Slidell, for Plaintiffs-Appellees The Plaintiffs Liaison Committee.
Richard F. Knight, E.B. Dittmer, II, Charles M. Hughes, Jr., Paul S. Hughes, Bogalusa, Thomas O. Kuhns, Daniel K. Frey, Chicago, IL, for Defendant—Appellant Gaylord Chemical Corp.
Robert E. Barkley, Jr., Thomas Schwab, Nicholas D. Doucet, New Orleans, William V. Johnson, Frank P. Nowicki, Chicago, IL, for Defendant—Appellant Union Tank Car Co.
Lawrence E. Abbott, Sarah E. Iiams, Monique M. Weiner, New Orleans, for Defendant —Appellant Illinois Central Railroad Co.
F. Frank Fontenot, James K. Irvin, Timothy T. Roniger, New Orleans, for Defendant —Appellant The Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Leonard L. Kilgore, III, Sandra L. Edwards, Esteban Herrera, Jr., Melissa M. Cresson, Baton Rouge, John E. Wade, T. Michael Cronin, Jackson, MS, for Defendant —Appellant Vicksburg Chemical Co.
Leonard L. Kilgore, III, Sandra L. Edwards, Esteban Herrera, Jr., Melissa M. Cresson, Baton Rouge, Allen T. Malone, Memphis, TN, for Defendant—Appellant Cedar Chemical Corp.
Charles E. Sutton, Jr., Metairie, for Defendant —Appellant Gaylord Container Corp.
Celeste Darmstadter Elliott, Ralph S. Hubbard, III, New Orleans, for Defendant— Appellant Travelers Casualty and Surety Co.
Glenn G. Goodier, New Orleans, for Defendants —Appellants Transportation Ins. Co. and CNA Ins. Companies.
Gary M. Zwain, Kelly Cambre Bogart, Metairie, for Defendant—Appellant Federal Ins. Co.
Michael G. Durand, Lafayette, for Defendant —Appellant Royal Indemnity Co.
Stephan Michael Cooper, George B. Hall, Jr., Jay Russell Sever, New Orleans, for Defendant—Appellant Agricultural Ins. Co.
W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr., William Shelby McKenzie, Baton Rouge, for Defendants —Appellants Agricultural Ins. Co., Federal Ins. Co., Travelers Casualty & Surety Co., and Royal Indemnity Co.
Before: LeBLANC, FOGG, and PARRO, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
FOGG, J.
By this appeal, defendants in this class action challenge the trial court's determination of the geographical and temporal boundaries of the class and the trial court's refusal to certify a mandatory no-opt-out class for punitive damages.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiffs brought this action on behalf of persons and entities allegedly injured as a result of the explosion of a railroad tank car on October 23, 1995 in Bogalusa, Louisiana...
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