Spells v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Tenants of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) initiated this class action against HANO seeking a mandatory injunction to compel it to carry out an abatement program for lead based paint in its rental units. HANO filed a third party demand against a number of paint companies and manufacturers of lead pigment (hereinafter appellees) to recover the cost of the abatement program. They filed exceptions of res judicata and no cause of action. The trial court did not rule on the former, but sustained the latter and dismissed the third party demand. HANO has appealed. The…