GROSSMAN v. ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION

No. 5:93-CV-53.

882 F.Supp. 110 (1994)

Constance GROSSMAN, Plaintiff, v. ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Koch Nitrogen Co., BP Chemicals, Inc., Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Union Tank Car Co., Inc., General American Transportation Corp., and Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Co., Defendants, and Aristech Chemical Corporation, a Delaware corporation, v. MWR, INC., a Michigan corporation, Third-Party Defendant. BP CHEMICALS, INC., Cross-Plaintiff, v. ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Norfolk & Western Railway Co., and General American Trans. Corp., Cross-Defendants. KOCH NITROGEN CO., Cross-Plaintiff, v. UNION TANK CAR, INC. and General American Trans. Corp., Cross-Defendants, UNION TANK CAR CO., Cross-Plaintiff, v. KOCH NITROGEN COMPANY, Cross-Defendant. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Cross-Plaintiff, v. ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Koch Nitrogen Co., BP Chemicals, Inc., Union Tank Car Co., Inc. and General American Trans. Corp., Cross-Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.

November 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Anderson, Nancy Wonch, Anderson and Wonch, PC, Lansing, MI, for plaintiff.

Kenneth T. Brooks, Richard D. McNulty, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Lansing, MI, Matthew C. Cairone, Aristech Chemical Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, for Aristech Chemical Corp.

Douglas G. Powe, East Lansing, MI, for Koch Chemical Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

McKEAGUE, District Judge.

This case presents fundamentally a personal injury action. The Court's jurisdiction is invoked based on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Now before the Court are several motions to declare the governing law. The Court has duly considered the motions and responses, and heard oral arguments on October 18, 1994.

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