BUTLER v. DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC

Civil Action No. 18-6685.

JUANEA L. BUTLER, individually and as representative of all others similarly situated, v. DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC, ET AL., SECTION "F".

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

January 3, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Personal Injury
Nature of Suit: 360 P.I.: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juanea L Butler, Individually and as representative of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Danny Dustin Russell, Russell Law Firm, LLC.

Denka Performance Elastomer LLC, Defendant, represented by James Conner Percy, Jones Walker, Brett S. Venn, Jones Walker, Justin J. Marocco, Jones Walker, Michael A. Chernekoff, Jones Walker & Michael R. Rhea, Jones Walker.

E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Defendant, represented by Deborah DeRoche Kuchler, Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC, Bradley H. Weidenhammer, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, pro hac vice, Joshua Doguet, Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC, Kaitlyn L. Coverstone, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, pro hac vice, Kevin T. Van Wart, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, pro hac vice, Rebecca C. Fitzpatrick, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, pro hac vice, Sarah E. Iiams, Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C. & Stanley M. Wash, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, pro hac vice.

Louisiana State, Through the Department of Environmental Quality, Defendant, represented by Lawrence Edward Marino, Oats & Marino & Patrick B. McIntire, Oats & Marino.

Louisiana State, Through the Department of Health; Incorrectly named as Louisiana State Through the Department of Health and Hospitals, Defendant, represented by Timothy Wayne Hardy, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, Christina Berthelot Peck, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister & Willard L. West, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister.


ORDER AND REASONS

Before the Court is the plaintiff's motion to remand for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons that follow, the motion is DENIED.

Background

This environmental tort litigation arises from the production of neoprene, which allegedly exposes those near...

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