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McBRIDE v. GALAXY CARPET MILLS, INC.

Civil Action Nos. 4:93-cv-309-RLV, 4:93-cv-321-RLV.

920 F.Supp. 1278 (1995)

Dorothy McBRIDE, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. GALAXY CARPET MILLS, INC., et al., Defendants. Violet HOWELL, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia.

January 25, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, GA, John Jenkins Barrow, Gene Mac Winburn, Winburn Lewis & Barrow, Athens, GA, Joseph C. Kohn, George W. Croner, Diana Liberto, Kohn Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Barry F. Greenberg, Barry F. Greenberg & Associates, Bridgeport, PA, pro hac vice, for Dorothy McBride, Gerard Hull, Marianne Hull, Anthony Coletta, M.D., Nicholas A. Coletta, Wayne Lilly, Sandra Martinez.

Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, Ga., John Jenkins Barrow, Gene Mac Winburn, Winburn Lewis & Barrow, Athens, Ga, Joseph C. Kohn, Diana Liberto, Kohn Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Barry F. Greenberg & Associates, Bridgeport, PA, pro hac vice, for Carrie Hayes, Nancy Landon.

James Henry Bisson, III, Mitchell & Mitchell, Dalton, GA, Howard K. Priess, II, Edmund J. Siegert, Tressler Soderstrom Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, pro hac vice, for Galaxy Carpet Mills, Inc.

Horace Greely Joiner, Jr., Lemuel Hugh Kemp, Kinney Kemp Pickell Sponcler & Joiner, Dalton, GA, Francis McGill Hadden, Manta & Welge, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Bruce Alan Kling, Office of Bruce Alan Kling, Dalton, GA, for Diamond Rug & Carpet Mills, Inc.

Alfred B. Adams, III, Eileen Margaret Crowley, Tanya Michelle Lawson, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, Frank C. Bender, Deasey Mahoney Bender & McKenna, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, for Interloom International, Inc.

David R. Aufdenspring, Jesse Watson Hill, Robert Moore Travis, LeeAnn Jones, William Vance Custer, IV, Kristen Yadlosky, Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, Michael Scott French, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Tanya Michelle Lawson, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, for Shaw Industries, Inc.

Robert Maddox Brinson, Brinson Askew Berry Siegler Richardson & Davis, Rome, GA, David H. Marion, Francis P. Newell, Peter Breslauer, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Mitchell W. Berger, Manuel Kushner, Berger Shapiro & Davis, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, pro hac vice, for World Carpets, Inc.

Julia Bennett Jagger, Arthur Timothy Jones, Edward C. Henderson, Jr., Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, GA, J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Joseph B.G. Fay, James D. Pagliaro, John H. Lewis, Jr., Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Mary Ellen Nepps, Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, for The Carpet and Rug Institute.

Alfred B. Adams, III, Eileen Margaret Crowley, Tanya Michelle Lawson, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, for Coronet Industries, Inc.

James J. Murphy and Donald M. Thompson, pro hac vice, Bryan Cave, Washington, DC, for Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

Joseph C. Kohn, George W. Croner, Kohn Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Barry F. Greenberg, Barry F. Greenberg & Associates, Bridgeport, PA, pro hac vice, for Violet Howell, Nancy Landon, Diana Friedman.

Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, GA, John Jenkins Barrow, Gene Mac Winburn, Winburn Lewis & Barrow, Athens, GA, Joseph C. Kohn, Diana Liberto, Kohn Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Barry F. Greenberg, Barry F. Greenberg & Associates, Bridgeport, PA, pro hac vice, for Carrie Hayes, Gerard Hull, Marianne Hull, Sandra Martinez, Wayne Lilly.

David R. Aufdenspring, Jesse Watson Hill, Robert Moore Travis, LeeAnn Jones, William Vance Custer, IV, Kristen Yadlosky, Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, Michael Scott French, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, John F. Kent, Anne M. Manero, Marks Kent & O'Neill, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, for Shaw Industries, Inc.

David H. Marion, Francis P. Newell, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Mitchell W. Berger, Manuel Kushner, Berger Shapiro & Davis, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, pro hac vice, for World Carpets, Inc.

Alfred B. Adams, III, Eileen Margaret Crowley, Tanya Michelle Lawson, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, Frank C. Bender, Deasey Mahoney Bender & McKenna, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, for Beau Lieu of America, Inc.

Julia Bennett Jagger, Arthur Timothy Jones, Edward C. Henderson, Jr., Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, GA, Joseph B.G. Fay, J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., John H. Lewis, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, Caswell O. Hobbs, III, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, pro hac vice, Mary Ellen Nepps, James A. Young, Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young, Philadelphia, PA, pro hac vice, for The Carpet and Rug Institute.

Alfred B. Adams, III, Eileen Margaret Crowley, Tanya Michelle Lawson, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, for Coronet Industries, Inc.

Lemuel Hugh Kemp, Kinney Kemp Pickell Sponcler & Joiner, Dalton, GA, Bruce Alan Kling, Office of Bruce Alan Kling, Dalton, GA, for Diamond Rug & Carpet Mills, Inc.

ORDER

VINING, Chief Judge.

These cases are proposed class actions in which the plaintiffs allege that they have suffered personal injuries because of their exposure to certain carpeting manufactured by the defendants. The plaintiffs originally sought to represent a class consisting of all purchasers of the defendants' products including those who had not suffered any physical injury. However, in a brief filed on August 22, 1994, the plaintiffs modified...

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