Legal Opinion
In re Shell Oil Refinery
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 23, 1989No. Civ. A. No. 88-1935PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
This litigation arising out of an explosion at the Shell Oil Refinery at Norco, Louisiana on May 5,1988 was certified as a class action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3) on November 23, 1988. The “Notice of Class Action” was mailed to approximately 25,000 known possible class members, whose names and addresses were compiled primarily by claims adjusters for Shell and plaintiffs’ counsel. “Class members” are “all persons or entities who were physically present or owned property within the Parishes of St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, Jefferson, or…
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