PATTON v. AEROJET ORDNANCE CO.

No. 84-5610.

765 F.2d 604 (1985)

William PATTON, Administrator of Estate of Albert Patton, Vincent Mango, Paul Franklin Pierson, Grady Mickey Lenoir, Raymond Wesley Houston, Danny Jones, John Inello, Paul John Hasko, Ted Walker, Charles Carson, Darrell Black, Clinton Rollins, Terry Hensley, Vernon Adams, Frank Gillespie, Jessie Cable, James Rodeback, Joseph M. Murphy, James Roble, Charles Earhart, Jessie Jenkins, Ralph Steven Cross, Gary Michael Elam, Richard Doyle, Lonnie Freeman, Larry D. Garst, Rondale Garland, Danny Ray Jeffers, Nathan W. Troutman, Lydia Sliger, Douglas Morrison, Jackie Walker, Kim Carson, Ella Cable, Treva Murphy, Denise Mango, Ella Mae Elam, Jean Cross, Larry A. Copp, Edward A. Ferguson, Paul H. Garvin, Louie Brad Richardson, Gary David Reed, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AEROJET ORDNANCE COMPANY, a unit of General Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., a Union Carbide Corporation, and Aerojet-General, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Holt Smith, Madisonville, Tenn., Fredric Lewis, Lewis, Robbins, Zaslav & Auerbach, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

G. Wilson Horde, Div. Atty., Oak Ridge, Tenn., Robert R. Campbell, Knoxville, Tenn., Orvill O. Orr, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles, Cal., Herndon, Coleman, Brading & McKee, Thomas C. McKee, Johnson City, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

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