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BANKS v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 97 CA 0837-R.

705 So.2d 1168 (1997)

Major BANKS, Christopher Edwards, et al. v. The NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy J. Ungar, New Orleans, Robert M. Johnson, New Orleans, C. Jerome D'Aquila, Debra Brewer Hayes, and Andres Pereira, New Roads, Jules B. LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Major Banks, Christopher Edwards, et al.

Eugene R. Preaus, New Orleans, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, Nancy J. Marshall, New Orleans, Phillip A. Whittman, New Orleans, Stephen J. Goodman, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant The New York Life Insurance Co., et al.

Before LeBLANC and FITZSIMMONS, JJ., and CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.

REMY CHIASSON, Judge Pro Tem.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting certification as a class action.

In January, 1996, plaintiffs filed suit in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, for the Parish of Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, for themselves individually and as representatives of all persons similarly situated, against The New York Life Insurance Company (N.Y. Life). After removal of the case to federal court and remand...

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