Craig WEST, Troy West, and W.B. Farms Inc., et al.
v.
G & H SEED COMPANY, et al.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 28, 2002.
August 28, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arthur W. Landry, PlauchÉ, Maselli, Landry and Parkerson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, G & H Seed Company, Inc. and Crowley Grain Drier, Inc.
Dawn M. Barrios, Bruce S. Kingsdorf, Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, New Orleans, LA, Patrick C. Morrow, John Michael Morrow, Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, LA, Gano Lemoine, Vance R. Andrus, Andrus, Boudreaux, Lemoine & Tonore, Lafayette, LA, Melanie M. Piech, Lori E. Andrus, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heinmann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, William Neblett, Richard Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, Kirk A. Guidry, Paul H. Due, Dué, Caballero, Price, Guidry, Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Craig West, Troy West and W.B. Farms, Inc.
Gary A. Bezet, Robert E. Dille, Gregory M. Anding, Craig M. Freeman, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowTan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, For Defendant/Appellant, Aventis Crop Science, USA LP.
Carl Duhon, Ike Huval, Duhon Law-Firm, Lafayette, LA, Elwood Stevens, Jr., Kleinpeter, Schwartzberg & Stevens, L.L.C., Morgan City, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Patrick E. Phillips, Jr. d/b/a Phillips Seafood & Atchafalaya Processors, Inc.
Donald R. Smith, Smith & Davis, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Terral Seed, Inc.
Peter F. Caviness, Dauzat, Falgoust Caviness & Bienvenu, L.L.P., Opelousas, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Mamou Rice Driver & Warehouse & Nolan J. Guillot.
Homer Ed Barousse, Barousse & Craton, Crowley, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, G & H Seed Company, Inc.
J. Wendel Fusilier, Law Office of J. Wendel Fusilier, Ville Platte, LA, for Defendant/ Appellant, Mamou Rice Dryer & Warehouse Supply, Inc.
Kenneth O. Privat, Privat & Regan, Crowley, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Crowley Grain Drier, Inc.
Matthew Lundy, Hunter Lundy, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Jason Robin, Anthony Godeau, et al.
Michael Wheatley Merrit, Delhi, LA, for Defendant, Delhi Seed Company, Inc.
Court composed of HENRY L. YELVERTON, ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, and BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, Judges.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
THIBODEAUX, Judge.
Plaintiffs sought to certify a class of crawfish farmers against Aventis, an insecticide manufacturer, and certain distributors of insecticide-treated rice seed. Under various legal theories, plaintiffs allege damage to their pond-grown crawfish crops as the result of the purchase and use of the insecticide. The trial court certified three plaintiff subclasses and denied plaintiffs' motion to certify a class of defendants. The defendants have appealed...
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