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POWELL v. B.P. CHEMICALS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 93-447-B.

847 F.Supp. 444 (1993)

Ernest POWELL, et al. v. B.P. CHEMICALS, INC. et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

November 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Moore, Edward J. Walters, Jr., John Chandler Loupe, Moore, Walters & Shoenfelt, Baton Rouge, LA, for Ernest Powell, Cheryl Powell Criss, Ernest Wayne Powell, Dorothy L. Powell, Donald Ray Powell and Beverly Jean Felton.

Felix R. Weill, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, LA, for BP Chemicals American, Inc.

Mary Lynne Friedman, Henri Wolbrette, III, McGlinchey Stafford Lang, New Orleans, LA, for American Cyanamid Co.

Lawrence E. Abbott, Alexander M. McIntyre, Jr., Abbott & Meeks, New Orleans, LA, for E.I. Du Pont.

C. William Bradley, Jr., Dwight C. Paulsen, III, William S. Penick, Richard E. Gruner, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, LA, for Monsanto Co.

Jay Morton Jalenak, Jr., Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Bradley Charles Myers, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Mobil Corp., Texaco Chemical Co., Texaco Butadiene Co., Neches Gas Distribution Co., Exxon Corp., James A. Dailey, Thomas A. Roy, Sebastian DiPalma, John T. Franques, C. Richard Holshaw and Texaco, Inc.

RULING ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This suit arises out of the alleged exposure to two chemicals, acrylonitrile and butadiene, whose manufacturers are named as defendants, which the plaintiffs allege are linked to plaintiffs' development of prostate cancer.

Plaintiffs, who are domiciliaries of Louisiana, originally filed this suit against defendants1 in the Nineteenth Judicial District for...

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