Legal Opinion

Lejeune v. Gioe

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 30, 2009No. Nos. 2008-CA-1452, 2008-CA-1453PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

hln this case, the defendants appeal the trial court’s certification of a class action lawsuit arising out of a fire at a landfill site in St. Bernard Parish. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On the night of September 4, 2000, a fire began at a landfill in St. Bernard Parish operated by Gioe’s Truck Service, Inc. d/b/a Gioe’s Truck Service and Demolition (Gioe’s). The fire was not fully extinguished until September 29, 2000. A number of residents of St. Bernard Parish allege that they were adversely affected by smoke and haze caused by the fire.

On August 31,…

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Singleton v. Northfield Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002

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