CARVIN v. ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT CO.

Nos. 92-1984, 92-2000.

14 F.3d 399 (1993)

Eugene CARVIN; Donna Carvin, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; James H. Breashears; Sharlene G. Breashears; Clifton E. Buck; Frances M. Buck; Dennis Carvin; Sara E. Bentley; Milton Couch; Janet M. Couch; Edwin C. Coulson; Anna Jeanette Coulson; Howard Cranford; Janice Cranford; Hazel Goodman; Jimmy W. Harris; Sandra D. Harris; Guy M. Hauser; James D. Honold; Willie Mae Honold; M.L. Hooper; Unknown Spouse of M.L. Hooper; Michael L. Hulsey; Unknown Spouse of Michael L. Hulsey; Effie Jenkins; Donna M. Johnson; Charles B. Joplin; Clarice M. Joplin; Fred B. Kruse; R. MacLambert; Patricia Lambert; T.M. McGregor; Aileen McGregor; Michael E. Mitchell; Brownie K. Mitchell; Russell A. New; Joe N. Nowell; Patsy M. Nowell; A.W. O'Keefe; Wayne Parsons; Roxanne M. Parsons; James W. Raney; Norma J. Raney; Evelyn W. Ray; John W. Rayfield; Lucille M. Rayfield; Terry J. Rickard; Patsy Rickard; Clark B. Robertson; Ruby Robertson; B.E. Rust; Kenneth M. Schnoeblen; Jean Schnoeblen; Leon E. Scott; Unknown Spouse of Leon E. Scott; Billy J. Smallwood; Mary S. Smallwood; Hoyt W. Smart; Virginia A. Smart; William F. Smith; William H. Stovall; Patricia Lee Stovall; A.W. Taylor; Lois Irene Taylor; Donna J. Whistle; Jerry S. Yahoda; Jane L. Yahoda; Chester I. Ziemienski; Anna Q. Ziemienski, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, an Arkansas Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Federal Signal Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Defendant, Entergy Services, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Martin D. DANFORD; Faye A. Danford; Anthony Dematteo; Nancy Dematteo; Stanley P. Dodd; Sally P. Dodd; Harry D. Peterson; Elaine R. Peterson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, an Arkansas Corporation; Entergy Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark W. Mason, Little Rock, AR, argued, for Anna Ziemienski; Stephen Boynton, Washington, DC, argued, for Elaine R. Peterson (John P. Lewis and Wm. Roberts Wilson, on brief), for appellants.

William H. Sutton, Little Rock, AR, argued (Walter A. Paulson, II, on brief), for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and BATTEY, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 2, 1994.*

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case, two groups of landowners appeal from a summary judgment denying their claims for real and personal property loss caused by a flood, which they claimed resulted from the negligence of the Arkansas Power & Light Company and Entergy Services, Inc. The district court1 entered...

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