Dufour v. Dow Chemical Co.

FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

12Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s judgment dismissing their claims against defendant for failure to respond to discovery. Because we find the trial judge abused her discretion in dismissing plaintiffs’ claims, we vacate that portion of the judgment and remand this matter to the trial court for further proceedings.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This litigation arises out of a July 7, 2009 ethyl acrylate release at a chemical facility in St. Charles Parish and concerns the claims of 72 individual plaintiffs (the “Guarino plaintiffs”) represented by attorney…