DUMAS v. ANGUS CHEMICAL CO.

Nos. 31,969-CW, 32,011-CA.

742 So.2d 655 (1999)

Marzell Ike DUMAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY, IMC Fertilizer, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Hennen, Monroe, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by Ben R. Hanchey, and J.P. Christiansen, Monroe, Davenport, Files & Kelly by Thomas W. Davenport and Shane Craighead, Monroe, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert by Patrick J. Hanna, Lafayette, Lugenbuhl, Burke, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard by Claude F. Bosworth, New Orleans, Bickel & Brewer by Michael J. Collins and Elizabeth Handschuch, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Samuel Caverlee and Lee Ayers, Shreveport, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees.

Before NORRIS, C.J., and STEWART and DREW, JJ.


NORRIS, Chief Judge.

This is a class action suit arising from an industrial plant explosion. The defendants, Angus Chemical Company and IMC Fertilizer, moved for summary judgment to dismiss the claims of claimants who had executed a "release of all claims and assignment" in the months after the accident. The affected claimants, represented by the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee ("PSC"), opposed the motion. After four days of hearings, the District Court rendered judgment...

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