Phillips v. G & H SEED CO., INC.

PICKETT, Judge.

_JjThe appellant, Tess Wiltz d/b/a Opelou-sas Crawfish House, appeals a judgment of the trial court dismissing her petition to intervene.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A brief history of this case is helpful to understanding the issue before this court. In 2000, Patrick Phillips d/b/a Phillips Seafood and Atchafalaya Crawfish Processors, Inc., filed a Class Action Petition. They sought to represent a class of crawfish buyers and processors who were harmed by the use of the pesticide ICON in rice fields that also served as crawfish ponds. Named as defendants in that suit were the…