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PYLE v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. 83-1518.

728 F.2d 1129 (1984)

Thomas F. PYLE and Dyanne Pyle, his wife, and William Joe Wallace, Sr., and Diane L. Wallace, his wife, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Unger, Jr., Crumpler O'Connor & Wynne, El Dorado, Ark., for plaintiff-appellants.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark by Frederick S. Ursery, Little Rock, Ark., for defendant-appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Act is the exclusive remedy for the claims of Thomas Pyle and William Wallace, and the derivative claims of their wives, for injuries caused by contact with toxic chemicals. Pyle and Wallace, employees of Dow Chemical, came into contact with Dibromochloropropane, Ethylene Dibromide and Bromine, commonly known as DBCP, and claim severe injuries, including sterility...

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