Legal Opinion
Adams v. Shell Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 14, 1992No. Civ. A. Nos. 88-1935, 88-2719PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
This class action suit arises from the May 5, 1988, explosion at Shell Oil Company’s refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The Court addresses here the issues raised by the Plaintiffs’ Legal Committee’s (PLC) ex parte contact with an unidentified employee of Shell Oil Company.
The facts regarding the contact are not entirely known. Based on the nature of certain questions asked by the PLC at depositions and other PLC discovery requests, it became clear that the PLC had possession of Shell documents that were not obtained through the discovery process. The PLC…
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