Brooks v. Lockett

COBB, Judge.

The petitioners, hereinafter referred to as Brooks, et al., are plaintiffs and prospective plaintiffs in a putative class action suit filed in Orange County, Florida on May 31, 1995, against Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, which action claims that the latter furnished defective siding on homes and buildings throughout the State of Florida. That Orange County action was purportedly abated, however, by an order entered in Lake County in the action below by the Respondent Circuit Judge, Jerry T. Lockett, where a similar class action against Louisiana-Pacific was already pending,…