Edwin V. GRIFFIN; June A. Griffin; Troy C. Garren; and Eula Man Garren, Plaintiffs,
v.
TENNECO RESINS, INC., individually and as successor to Berkshire Color & Chemical Co.; CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, individually and as successor to American Color & Chemical Co.; E.I. DuPont DeNemours Co.; Crompton & Knowles Corporation; Synalloy Corporation; and Atlantic Chemical Corporation, Defendants.
Terry B. BLACKWELL, as Executrix and Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of James B. Blackwell, Deceased; and Clara F. Blackwell, individually, Plaintiffs,
v.
TENNECO RESINS, INC., individually and as successor to Berkshire Color & Chemical Co.; CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, individually and as successor to American Color & Chemical Co.; E.I. DuPont DeNemours Co.; Crompton & Knowles Corporation; Synalloy Corporation; and Atlantic Chemical Corporation, Defendants.
Thomas E. CANNON; and Janice Cannon, Plaintiffs,
v.
TENNECO RESINS, INC.; CIBA-GEIGY Corporation; E.I. DuPont DeNemours Company; Crompton & Knowles Corporation; Synalloy Corporation; Atlantic Chemical Corporation; Mobay Corporation; Pfister Chemical, Inc.; and GAF Corporation, Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Asheville Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 1, 1986.
December 1, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jane N. Saginaw, and Lisa A. Blue, Baron & Budd, Dallas, Tex., Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtin, James & Harkavy by Michael K. Curtis, Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiffs.
Boyle, Alexander, Hord & Smith by Norman A. Smith, and B. Irvin Boyle, Charlotte, N.C., for defendant Tenneco Resins.
Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore by Bynum Hunter, Stephen Millikin and Timothy Peck, Greensboro, N.C., for defendants CIBA-GEIGY and Crompton & Knowles.
O.E. Starnes, Jr., and Larry McDevitt, Marla Tugwell, Asheville, N.C., for defendant Atlantic Chemical.
Russell, Greene & King, P.A. by Sandra M. King and J. William Russell, Asheville, N.C., for defendant Synalloy Corp.
Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman by Charles V. Tompkins, Jr. and Kiran H. Mehta, Charlotte, N.C., for defendant E.I. DuPont.
Charles A. Edwards and Andrew O. Whiteman, Graham & James, Raleigh, N.C., for defendant Pfister Chemical, Inc.
Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston by Irvin W. Hankins, III, Charlotte, N.C., for defendant Mobay Corp.
Stryker, Tams & Dill, Newark, N.J., and Charles H. Mercer, Jr., Graham & James, Raleigh, N.C., for defendant GAF Corp.
United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Asheville Division.
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
SENTELLE, District Judge.
In each of these cases, one or more plaintiffs seeks to recover for personal injuries or death allegedly arising out of exposure to benzidine congener dyes manufactured by some or all of the named defendants. Each comes before the court on motions of defendants for dismissal or, alternatively, for summary judgment as to those parts of plaintiffs' claims based on theories of "alternative liability," "market...
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