Legal Opinion
Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1999No. 97-30734PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted the defendants a summary judgment dismissing the plaintiffs’ diversity products liability actions based on Louisiana law on the grounds that the decision of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 484 So.2d 110 (La. 1986), does not apply retroactively to causes of action which arose before the date it was decided, February 24, 1986. We reverse and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings. The Louisiana Supreme Court’s decisions firmly establish the principles that under the state…
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