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STEPHENSON v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

Docket Nos. 00-7455(L), 00-9120(CON).

346 F.3d 19 (2003)

Daniel Raymond Stephenson, Susan Stephenson, Daniel Anthony Stephenson, Emily Elizabeth Stephenson, Joe Isaacson and Phyllis Lisa Isaacson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dow Chemical Co., Monsanto Co., American Home Products, Inc., Hercules Incorporated, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Ultramar Diamond, Chemical Land Holdings, Inc., Maxus Energy Corp., Harcros Chemical Inc., Shamrock Corp., and Does 1-100, Thompson Hayward Chemical Co., T-H Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc., Uniroyal, Inc. and C.D.U. Holding, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 30, 2001.

Vacated and Remanded: June 9, 2003.

Decided: September 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerson H. Smoger, Smoger & Associates, P.C., Oakland, California; Mark R. Cuker, Williams, Cuker & Berezofsky, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, submitted a letter brief for Appellants Joe Isaacson and Phyllis Lisa Isaacson.

Steven Brock, Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale, New York, for The Dow Chemical Co.; John C. Sabetta, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, New York, New York, and James Tyrrell, Latham & Watkins, Newark, New Jersey, for Monsanto Co.; Michael M. Gordon, Cadwalader, Wikersham & Taft, New York, New York, for Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Co., Occidental Chemical Corp., Maxus Energy Corp., and Chemical Land Holdings, Inc.; William A. Krohley, Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York, New York, for Hercules Inc.; Lawrence D'Aloise, Jr., Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, New York, for T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc., Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co., and Harcros Chemical, Inc.; Myron Kalish, New York, New York, for Uniroyal, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Co., and CDU Holdings, Inc., submitted a letter brief for Appellees.

Before: CARDAMONE, and F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and SPATT, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs Stephenson and Isaacson alleged injuries incurred from exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. A prior class action settlement had purported to resolve all Agent Orange claims and had created a compensation program that for ten years paid those claimants. Plaintiffs' injuries manifested themselves after this ten-year program ended, and they filed new lawsuits against the manufacturers of Agent Orange.

Their claims were consolidated and...

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