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ADAMS v. CSX RAILROADS

No. 2001-CA-0114.

902 So.2d 413 (2005)

Leonard ADAMS, Michael Noah, Virginia Phillips, Debra Black, Desire Housing Projects Residents, Florida Housing Projects Residents, Press Park Housing Complex, All Residents of the 7th, 8th, 9th Wards of the City of New Orleans, et al. v. CSX RAILROADS (CS & X Railroad), CSX Transportation Co. (CS & X Transportation Co.), Southern Railroad System, Norfork Southern Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, David S. Scalia, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, David Strong, Kristiana Cash, Jewel Franklin, Sandra August and Shunta Dickerson.

Joseph L. Shea, Jr., Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA, and Daniel Lund, H. Philip Radecker, Jr., Eugene J. Radcliff, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, AMF-BRD, Inc.

Eric Shuman, McGlinchey Stafford, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Nova Chemicals, Inc.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS SR., Judge DAVID S. GORBATY).

JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

In September of 1987, a tank car leaking butadiene caught fire and burned for three days while the car was parked on the CSX tracks in the Gentilly area. Several thousand residents in the area were exposed to the effects of this fire and were forced to evacuate from their homes. A large number of residents brought actions against a number of defendants due to this event.

The case was certified as a class action and went to trial...

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