BUFORD v. AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 88-2899.

881 F.2d 432 (1989)

Indinar E. BUFORD and Tony Buford, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY; American Telephone & Telegraph Technologies; Bell Telephone Laboratories; and Western Electric Company, Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Deveau, Edward W. Harris, III, Sommer & Barnard, Indianapolis, Ind., Daniel S. Mason, Frederick J. Geonetta, Kathleen Styles Rogers, Furth, Fahrner, Bluemle & Mason, San Francisco, Cal., Richard P. Tinkham, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs/appellants.

Mary N. Larimore, Terri A. Czajka, Geoffrey Segar, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, Ind., Michael R. Conner, Paula T. Whitfield, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants/appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Indinar and Tony Buford filed this diversity suit in the district court claiming that Indinar suffered long-term effects from exposure to benzene during the course of her employment as a lab technician at defendant Bell Telephone Laboratories' (BTL), Shadeland, Indiana facility, and that Tony experienced a loss of consortium due to his wife's illness. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on the ground that...

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