Legal Opinion · Concurrence
ORRILL v. AIG, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 21, 2010No. 2009-CA-0888Published
1ConcurrenceBelsome, J.
| ] This writer is impressed with the efforts of the trial court to expeditiously resolve litigation that potentially impacts thousands of Louisiana eitizens. While class action litigation has been the preferred procedural vehicle to facilitate claims that are too cost-prohibitive to litigate individually, there is currently no legislation in Louisiana to direct courts or litigators regarding an appropriate forum when potentially similarly situated claims are pending in multiple jurisdictions. The absence of such a procedure inevitably resulted in the impassioned appeal in the instant case.1…
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- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. EpsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Girsh v. JepsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Rush PETTWAY Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Cfs Continental, Inc., Rossville Packing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Ilikon Corp., Wittek Golf Supply Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. Pleasure Hours, Inc., St. Joe Paper Co., the Continental Group, Olinkraft, Inc., Container Corporation of America, the Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Owens-Illinois, Inc., MacMillan Bloedel, Inc., Inland Container Corp., Menasha Corp., U. S. Corrugated Fibre-Box Co., Stone Container Corp., Defendants- Appellants-Appellees. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Cfs Continental, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Rossville Packing Co., Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Ilikon Corp., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, Pleasure Hours, Inc., London Dry Ltd., Plaintiffs- Objectors-Appellants-Appellees v. The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Stone Container Corp., Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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