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DUPREE v. LAFAYETTE INS. CO.

No. 2009-CA-0321.

41 So.3d 483 (2009)

Charles DUPREE v. LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted May 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Murphy, Gary J. Gambel, Donald R. Wing, Murphy Rogers Sloss & Gambel and Jennifer N. Willis, Samuel O. Buckley, Willis & Buckley (APLC), New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Howard B. Kaplan Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, a PLC, and William J. Wegmann, Jr., Orr Adams, Jr., William J. Wegmann, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD).

EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge.

In this Hurricane Katrina-related insurance action, Defendant, Lafayette Insurance Company ("Lafayette"), appeals from the judgment of the trial court certifying the matter as a class action. For the reasons fully set forth below, we find that the elements necessary for class certification are present, and affirm the judgment of the trial court certifying the class, with directions.

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