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BILLIESON v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 98-CA-1232.

729 So.2d 146 (1999)

Casey BILLIESON, et al. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Housing Authority of New Orleans, C.J. Brown Public Housing Management Co., XYZ Insurance Co., and Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Asso.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, David S. Scalia, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, LA, and Suzette Peychaud-Bagneris, Fine & Associates, PLC, New Orleans, LA, and Gary J. Gambel, Molly B. Halloran, Murphy, Rogers & Sloss, New Orleans, LA, and Gibert V. Andry, IV, Jonathan B. Andry, Andry & Andry, New Orleans, LA, and Jennifer Willis, Cater & Willis, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Leonard L. Young, Gregory J. McDonald, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, LA, Roy J. Rodney Jr., Janis W. Lemle, John K. Etter, Rodney, Bordenave, Boykin, Bennette & Boyle, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees.

Claude A. Greco, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, Counsel for LIGA.

Court composed of Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN.

PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly denied the plaintiffs' motion to certify a class action involving all claims filed by residents of New Orleans public housing seeking recovery of damages allegedly caused by lead ingestion. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court judgment, certify the class action, and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

I. Facts

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