SENART v. MOBAY CHEMICAL CORP.

Nos. Civ. 4-84-568, Civ. 4-84-569.

597 F.Supp. 502 (1984)

Michael SENART, Henry Wenzler, Diane Wenzler, James Woitas, Jean Woitas, Roger Valade, Mildred Valade, Eva Callender, El Roy S. Callender, Virginia Bachman, Frank Bachman and LaVonne A. McCarty, Plaintiffs, v. MOBAY CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Upjohn Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Dow Chemical Company, Olin Corporation, Rubicon Chemicals, Inc., BASF Wyandotte Corporation, Monsanto Company, Gen-Corp Inc., Defendants. and ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Third Party Defendants. Albert HEDIN and Deloris Hedin, Plaintiffs, v. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Mobay Chemical Corporation, Upjohn Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Allied Chemical Corporation, Dow Chemical Company, Olin Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation, Rubicon Chemicals, Inc., BASF Wyandotte Corporation, Monsanto Company, Gen-Corp Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

November 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Martin, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Gerald M. Linnihan, Arlen R. Logren, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, Minn., for Mobay Chemical Corp.

Louis A. Lehr, Jr., Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr, Barron & Milligan, Chicago, Ill., and Michael R. Cunningham, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn., for Whirlpool Corp.

William P. Studer, Madge S. Thorsen, W. Joseph Bruckner, Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., for Upjohn Co. and Dow Chemical Co.

William F. Forsyth, Henson & Efron, Minneapolis, Minn., for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Robert T. White, Steven J. Kirsch, Murnane, Conlin, White, Brandt & Hoffman, St. Paul, Minn., for Allied Chemical Corp.

James P. Larkin, Jerome H. Kahnke, Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Minneapolis, Minn., for Olin Corp.

Richard H. Krochock, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, Minn., for Rubicon Chemicals, Inc.

Ronald E. Martell, John M. Harens, Moore, Costello & Hart, St. Paul, Minn., for Union Carbide Corp.

Martin Burke, Mary H. Terzino, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for BASF Wyandotte Corp.

G. Marc Whitehead, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Minneapolis, Minn., for Monsanto Co.

Robert T. Stich, Lasley, Gaughan, Stich & Angell, Minneapolis, Minn., for GenCorp Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of virtually all the defendants for judgment on the pleadings on Count V of the complaints in both actions. Four defendants also seek attorneys' fees and costs in both actions. One defendant seeks summary judgment on Counts I-IV of the complaint in both lawsuits. One defendant seeks to dismiss Count IV in both actions. Finally, one defendant seeks summary judgment...

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