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CROOKS v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC.

Nos. 2007 CA 1901, 2007 CA 1902.

994 So.2d 101 (2008)

Anthony CROOKS, et al. v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC., et al. John Spellman, et al. v. LCS Corrections Services, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre P. LaPlace, Baton Rouge, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, Michelle H. Hesni, George Hesni, II, Davidson S. Ehle, III, Gretna, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Anthony Crooks, et al. and John Spellman, et al.

W. Glenn Burns, Joseph L. Spilman, III, David C. Fawley, David C. Bach, Halley, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant LCS Corrections Services, Inc.

Robert E. Barkley, Jr., Nicholas D. Doucet, Barkley & Thompson, L.C., Lafayette, for Defendant-Appellant Union Tank Car Company.

Before: PARRO, KUHN, and DOWNING, JJ.

PARRO, J.

LCS Corrections Services, Inc. (LCS) and Union Tank Car Company (UTC) appeal a class certification judgment in one of two consolidated suits stemming from a Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) train derailment. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 27, 2000, there was a train derailment near Eunice, Louisiana. Seventeen of the derailed cars contained hazardous materials. Seven of these were...

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