IN RE N.O. TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION

Nos. 98-CC-2399, 98-CC-2622.

728 So.2d 853 (1999)

In re NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1999.


PER CURIAM.*

These consolidated applications arise from a train tank car leakage and fire that occurred in New Orleans in September of 1987. A class of approximately 8,000 plaintiffs filed suit against numerous defendants, seeking to recover both compensatory and exemplary damages. Pursuant to the case management order, the case was to be tried in several different phases.

In Phase I, plaintiffs and defendants selected a group...

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