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GUIDRY v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

Nos. 2012-CA-0436, 2012-C-0198.

105 So.3d 900 (2012)

Sheila GUIDRY v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY and the State of Louisiana through the Department of Environmental Quality. Sheila Guidry v. Union Carbide Corporation, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 14, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron A. Austin , Austin & Associates, L.L.C., Harvey, LA, Jeffrey P. Berniard , Berniard Law Firm, Madro Bandaries , Madro Bandaries, P.L.C., Gregory P. Dileo , Julie M. Jochum , Gregory P. Dileo, APLC, J. Bart Kelly, III , Roderick Alvendia , Jeanne K. Demarest , Law Office of Alvendia, Kelly & Demarest, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Mark C. Dodart , Evan R. Dicharry , Phelps Dunbar LLP, Neil C. Abramson , Nora B. Bilbro , Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Union Carbide Corporation.

David M. Bienvenu, Jr. , Lexi T. Holinga , Bienvenu, Bonnecaze, Foco, Viator, Holinga LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, The Dow Chemical Corporation.

Donesia D. Turner , Koeppel Traylor , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).

JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

In this toxic exposure case, the defendants, Union Carbide Corporation, the Dow Chemical Company and the State of Louisiana through the Department of Environmental Quality, appeal the trial court's granting of class certification. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2009, tank 2310 at Union Carbide Corporation's facility in Taft, Louisiana experienced an unexpected release of a...

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