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THOMPSON v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO.

No. 86-3018.

809 F.2d 1167 (1987)

Christopher THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., d/b/a Southern Pacific Railroad Co., et al., Defendants, Monsanto Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Reynolds, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Monsanto Co.

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Robert Becnel, Reserve La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A railroad brakeman worked at various times during a three-year period aboard a train that entered an industrial plant site contaminated by dioxin. After he had been fired by the railroad for being intoxicated on the job, he sued the owner of the contaminated area contending that a disease from which he was suffering, porphyria, had been caused by his exposure to dioxin. The jury returned a verdict in his favor, but, finding that the...

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