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BURDINE v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. 89-2835.

923 F.2d 633 (1991)

Carl D. BURDINE; William L. Linton, and wife, Betty E. Linton; Alan Phillips; David Smith, and wife, Thelma Smith; James Edward Souter, and wife, Mary Souter; and Randall K. Yates, and wife, Debra R. Yates, Appellants, v. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darren O'Quinn, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

William H. Sutton, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Appellants appeal an order of the district court1 granting summary judgment in favor of Dow Chemical Company. Appellants argue that Dow Chemical should be equitably estopped from asserting a statute of limitations defense against appellants' tort claims. We disagree and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The appellants are former male employees of Dow Chemical and some of their wives. The employees sustained injuries...

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