AUSTIN v. TORRINGTON CO.

Nos. 85-1740(L), 85-1741 to 85-1750.

810 F.2d 416 (1987)

Carroll L. AUSTIN, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Charles S. GLASER, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Judy C. HOWARD, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Nancy BROWN, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Anthony L. DUCKETT, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Josephine HILL, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. David R. FRICK, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Ronnie Dean DUCKETT, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. James A. McABEE, Jr., Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. John Edward WARD, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant. Robin W. CALDWELL, Appellee, v. The TORRINGTON COMPANY, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inc., Appellant, and Webb Forging Company, a subsidiary of Jervis B. Webb, Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Freeman (Carl F. Muller, Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., Greenville, S.C., Robert L. Thompson, Stephen M. Paskoff, Thomas A. Pogue, Elarbee, Thompson & Trapnell, Atlanta, Ga., on brief), for appellant.

J. Kendall Few (Few & Glenn, Greenville, S.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HALL and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


MICHAEL, District Judge, Sitting by Designation:

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