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GUDO v. ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUC. FUND

No. 2006-CA-1515.

966 So.2d 1069 (2007)

Rose GUDO, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Tony Gudo, Individually and on Behalf of all others similarly situated v. The ADMINISTRATORS OF the TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND d/b/a The Tulane University of Louisiana and d/b/a Tulane University Hospital and d/b/a Tulane University School of Medicine, Mary Bitner Anderson, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray, Sr., Stephen B. Murray, Jr., James R. Dugan II, Douglas R. Plymale, Murray Law Firm, and David L. Browne, The Law Offices of David L. Browne, L.L.C., and Kenneth M. Carter, Kenneth M. Carter, APLC, and Lewis Kahn, Kevin Oufnac, Kahn Gauthier Swick, L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, and James M. Williams, John W. Houghtaling II, Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Phillip A. Wittmann, Stephen G. Bullock, John P. Farnsworth, Jason M. Bilbe, Kathryn M. Knight, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellants, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund and Mary Bitner Anderson.

Gregory J. McDonald, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant, National Anatomical Service, Inc.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge LEON A. CANNIZZARO, JR.).

JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court properly granted the appellees' motion to certify the matter as a class action. We find that the trial court was correct and affirm the judgment.

The trial court conducted a class certification hearing on June 19, 2006, and took the matter under advisement. On August 22, 2006, the trial court issued its Judgment and Reasons for Judgment, granting the plaintiffs' motion and adopting...

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