McDONALD v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 83-1758 Summary Calendar.

734 F.2d 182 (1984)

Elmo McDONALD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CO., GTE Sylvania Co. and Convent Chemical Co., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McBryde, John F. Green, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex., for Allied.

Smith, Smith & Smith, Lancaster Smith, Dallas, Tex., for GTE Sylvania.

Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Munn & Collins, Stephen L. Tatum, Fort Worth, Tex., for Convent.

Oscar H. Mauzy, Grand Prarie, Tex., John E. Collins, Dallas, Tex., for McDonalds, Walker, Zbieronez, Nichols, Moss & Byerly.

Simon, Anisman, Wilson, Doby & Liles, Fort Worth, Tex., for Gilmore.

Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Tex., for African Metals, Afrimet & Stauffer.

Bailey & Williams, C. Edward Fowler, Jr., Kevin J. Keith, Dallas, Tex., for Aluminum Co. of Am.

Maxwell, Godwin & Carlton, James S. Maxwell, Dallas, Tex., for Am. Cyanamid Corp.

Robert M. Greenberg, Dallas, Tex., for Cooper, Diamond Alkali, Diamond Shamrock, Huntington, & Intl. Nickel.

Crumley, Murphy & Shrull, Roswald Shrull, Fort Worth, Tex., for Climax Molybdenu and American Metal Climax.

Camp, Jones, Johnson, O'Neill & Hall, John P. Camp, H. Harman Camp, Fort Worth, Tex., for Dow Chemical.

McDonald, Sanders, Ginsburg, Phillips, Maddox & Newkirk, Fort Worth, Tex., for Harshaw Chemical.

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, C. Steven Matlock, Dallas, Tex., for Hooker Chemical.

Coke & Coke, Dallas, Tex., for Kaiser.

Strasburger & Price, John H. Marks, Jr., P. Michael Jung, Dallas, Tex., for McGean Chemical.

Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, P.C., Michael H. Collins, John L. Estes, Dallas, Tex., for Olin Corp. & Olin-Mathieson.

Simon, Peebles, Haskell, Gardner & Betty, Anne Gardner, Richard U. Simon, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex., for Phillips Bros. and S.W. Shattuck Chemical.

Rain, Harrell, Emery, Young & Doke, Marshall M. Searcy, Dallas, Tex., for United Catalyst.

Baker & Botts, F. Walter Conrad, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Union Carbide.

Charles R. Haworth, Dallas, Tex., for Mallinckrodt, Inc.

Clayton E. Devin, Dallas, Tex., for McKesson Chemical Co.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Five separate diversity actions were filed against American Cyanamid Company, along with 29 other suppliers of materials, for personal injuries the plaintiffs allegedly sustained while working for American Cyanamid in Fort Worth, Texas. The cases were consolidated for discovery and pre-trial. Following a significant amount of discovery the plaintiffs, intervenors, and most defendants settled and submitted to a partial final judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P....

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