ALLOR v. AMICON CORP.

Civ. A. No. 85-CV-5197-DT.

631 F.Supp. 326 (1986)

Tina ALLOR, Vincent Barcich, Randall Berner, Mary Blakely, Helen Bocknak, Lillian Bommarito, Michael K. Brown, William Brown, Brenda Browning, Henry Bubrowski, Margaret Causby, Michael D. Causby, Ronald Caza, Stephanie Caza, Violet Cooper, Nora Christian, Joan Chrzanowski, Gloria Danik, Ben Delfin, Esther Desaussure, Dominick De Tomaso, William Drumgold, Jeannie Fontella, Elaine Fontera, Bill Gersch, Christine Goolsby, Pat W. Grant, Sandra J. Gray, Jeannie Gremlich, Toni R. Griffin, Cathy Hall, Harold Hall, Karmen Hall, Bruce S. Hamilton, Juanita Hamilton, Michael Haranczak, Amelia Harling, Kay Harrington, Lee Harrison, Phyllis Harrison, Willie Hart, Gregory R. Hershberger, Bess Hollenbeck, Margaret Hydo, Elsie Karasinski, Bill Kelsey, Ed Kessler, Eddie King, James Klemoszemski, Helen Koncyk, Raymond Kott, Leonard Lake, Raymond Leopold, Jack Lucido, Essie Luckett, Harry Miller, Dan Moore, Donna Moore, Darlene F. Mullins, Ken Newton, Gail Nichol, Williamina Niezguski, Ralph Pardon, Joe Peltier, Deborah Perry, Martin Peters, Joe Peterson, Joanna Petlock, David L. Pohl, Sam Purpura, Geraldine Reaves, Neal Rice, Vernell Riley, Jim Rose, Tania M. Sadler, Claire Salls, Gail Sanders, Guiseppe Scianimanico, Jerry Scott, Gary Simon, Jeff Simon, John Simon, Sr., John Simon, Jr., Denise Sklar, Dewey Smith, Jr., Patricia Smith, William Sperry, John Standard, Ken Stanic, Steve Steinetz, Virginia Stepka, Joyce E. St. Onge, Janine Stratton, Aletha Suchy, Peter Szadyr, Elizabeth Tanase, Barbara Terrace, Gloria J. Thomas, Diane Travis, Patsy L. Travis, Elsie Vamderhedge, Ronald Vansickle, Linda Wallace, Melvin Wendorf, Theresa V. Wendorf, Phillip Werner, Janella Whitefield, Bruce Wiese, Helen White, Leeann Young, Golda Young, Mardelle Young, Roy Neal, Kenneth Stanic, Calvin Cardwell, Ernest Walker, Johnnie Jones, Flora Plasencia, Dorothy Walters, Lucille Tumbarella, Personal Representative for the estate of Tumbarella, Deceased, Agnes Lobaido, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sam Lobaido, Deceased, and Neva Simon, Personal Representative for the Estate of James Simon, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. AMICON CORPORATION, Electrotools, Inc., Michlin Diazo Products Corporation, Penetone Corporation, Swen Sonic Corporation, Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc., Carborundum Company, Inc., Aluminum Company of America, Great Lakes Minerals Company, Fabricon Corporation, Stecom Corporation, Du Bois Chemicals, Martin Marietta, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 3M Corporation, Monsanto Company, Rohm and Haas Company, Allen Products Corporation, Ethyl Corporation, Owens/Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Crown Industrial Products Company, Celanese Chemical Company, Wedron Silica Company, Arco Chemical Company, Master Chemical Corporation, Riber Resin Corporation, Witco Corporation, Gage Products Company, Bendix Corporation, Facet Enterprises, Inc., Detroit Edison Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

March 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Honigman-Singer, Detroit, Mich., Norman Landau, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Bernard P. McClorey, Ronald G. Acho, Susan D. Nelson, T. Joseph Seward, Livonia, Mich., for Facet and Bendix.

Richard J. Tonkin, C.F. Boyle, Detroit, Mich., for Good Year Tire and Ethyl Corp.

Jack M. Abella, Detroit, Mich., for Detroit Edison.

Timothy D. Wittlinger, Linda S. Walton, Detroit, Mich., for Marietta.

John E.S. Scott, Richard L. Caretti, Detroit, Mich., for Monsanto Co.

J. Steven Johnston, Troy, Mich., for Swen Sonic.

Herschel Fink, George W. Steel, Detroit, Mich., for Detrex Ind.

Sheldon Miller, Eric D. Geller, Detroit, Mich., for Gage Products.

Steven M. Hickey, Detroit, Mich., for Alcoa.

Michael A. Rajt, Detroit, Mich., for Great Lakes Minerals Corp.

Sheila Mooney, Birmingham, Mich., for Allen Products.

David T. Rogers, Detroit, Mich., for Michlin Diazo.

Thomas Herrman, Birmingham, Mich., for Swen Sonic.

Jay Brant, Detroit, Mich., for 3M and Celanese.

Thomas Meyers, Detroit, Mich., for Fabricon.

Ronald Wagner, Detroit, Mich., for Owens/Corning.

J.R. Zanetti, Jr., Southfield, Mich., for Great Lakes.

Dennis G. Bonucchi, Detroit, Mich., for Wedron Silica.

William Kahn, Troy, Mich., for Rohm & Haas.

Robert Roth, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for Penetone and Stecom.

Eric Clay, Detroit, Mich., for Amicon.

Boleslaus Stanczyk, Detroit, Mich., for Du Bois Chemical.

Bruce M. Bieneman, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Witco.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PHILIP PRATT, Chief Judge.

This is a toxic tort action brought by 122 plaintiffs against 31 defendants. The basic allegation is that the plaintiffs were negligently and/or intentionally exposed to toxic and hazardous chemicals at their workplace for a number of years. Among the defendants are the Bendix Corporation and Facet Industries, which during the period at issue owned the facility...

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