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MATHEWS v. HIXSON BROS., INC.

No. 03-1065.

865 So.2d 1024 (2004)

Dorothy MATHEWS, et al. v. HIXSON BROTHERS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Suzanna Harang, Law Offices of Linda S. Harang, Jefferson, LA, Stephen Barnett Murray, Robert John Diliberto, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Dorothy L. Mathews, Susan Robbins.

Russell L. Potter, Andrew P. Texada, Stafford, Stewart, & Potter, Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Hixson Brothers, Inc., Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Susie Morgan, Mark L. Hornsby, M. Allyn Stroud, Wiener, Weiss, & Madison, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Kilpatrick Life Ins. Co.

Court composed of BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and ARTHUR J. PLANCHARD, Judges.

WOODARD, Judge.

The Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's ruling to decertify the class in this action. We reverse the trial court's judgment and remand for further proceedings.

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This dispute concerns whether a class action is the proper procedural method for adjudicating the Plaintiffs' claims. The underlying claims involve burial insurance policies that Central State Life Insurance Company (Central State) issued which designated a Hixson Brothers...

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