GOOD v. AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

Civil Action No. 2:14-01374.

CRYSTAL GOOD, individually and as parent and next friend of minor children M.T.S., N.T.K. and A.M.S. and MELISSA JOHNSON, individually and as parent of her unborn child, MARY LACY and JOAN GREEN and JAMILA AISHA OLIVER, WENDY RENEE RUIZ and KIMBERLY OGIER and ROY J. McNEAL and GEORGIA HAMRA and MADDIE FIELDS and BRENDA BAISDEN, d/b/a FRIENDLY FACES DAYCARE, and ALADDIN RESTAURANT, INC., and R. G. GUNNOE FARMS LLC, and DUNBAR PLAZA, INC., d/b/a DUNBAR PLAZA HOTEL, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC., and AMERICAN WATER WORKS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., and EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY and WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, d/b/a WEST VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER, and GARY SOUTHERN and DENNIS P. FARRELL, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston.

October 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crystal Good, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT, W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE & D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Melissa Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY & Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY.

Melissa Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES.

Melissa Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

T.A.J., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG & Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG.

T.A.J., Plaintiff, represented by Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG.

T.A.J., Plaintiff, represented by Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Joan Green, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Summer Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG & Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG.

Summer Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG.

Summer Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Mary Lacy, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Wendy Renee Ruiz, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Kimberly Ogier, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Kimberly Ogier, Plaintiff, represented by W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Roy J. McNeal, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY & M. Timothy Koontz .

Roy J. McNeal, a West Virginia resident, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES.

Roy J. McNeal, Plaintiff, represented by Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Georgia Hamra, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Maddie Fields, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES & Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, aPlaintiff, represented by Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, Plaintiff, represented by P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG & Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, Plaintiff, represented by Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, Plaintiff, represented by Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT, W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE & David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY.

Aladdin Restaurant, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG & Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG.

Aladdin Restaurant, Inc., laintiff, represented by Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON.

Aladdin Restaurant, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

R.G. Gunnoe Farms LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Dunbar Plaza, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Dunbar Plaza, Inc. , Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Dunbar Plaza, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

American Water Works Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS, Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY & L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY.

American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY & Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY.

American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS.

American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY & L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY.

Eastman Chemical Company, Defendant, represented by Marc E. Williams , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Marquel S. Jordan , BLANK ROME, Melissa Foster Bird , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Robert L. Massie , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Robert Scott , BLANK ROME & Lance D. Leisure , BLANK ROME.

West Virginia-American Water Company, 2:14-cv-11011, Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS & Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY.

Gary Southern, 2:14-cv-11011, Defendant, represented by Erin J. Webb , KAY CASTO & CHANEY, Luci R. Wellborn , KAY CASTO & CHANEY, Pamela C. Deem , KAY CASTO & CHANEY & Robert B. Allen , KAY CASTO & CHANEY.

Dennis P. Farrell, Defendant, represented by David R. Pogue , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER & Michael W. Carey , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER.

Dennis P. Farrell, Defendant, represented by S. Benjamin Bryant , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER.

Advocates for a Safe Water System, Interested Party, represented by Paul R. Sheridan .

Bureau for Public Health, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Interested Party, represented by M. Claire Winterholler , WEST VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Consumer Advocate Division of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, Interested Party, represented by Heather B. Osborn , PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Pending are plaintiffs' motion for class certification, the joint motions by defendants American Water Works Company, Inc., American Water Works Service Company, Inc., West Virginia-American Water Company, and Eastman Chemical Company to exclude...

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