COLEMAN v. ALCOLAC, INC.

Civ. A. No. G-94-415.

888 F.Supp. 1388 (1995)

Marshall COLEMAN, et al. v. ALCOLAC, INC., et al.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

June 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis I. Spagnoletti, Spagnoletti & Assoc., Houston, TX, John Arthur Eaves, Jackson, MS, for plaintiffs Marshall Coleman, Michael Briceland, Georgina Brown, Patrecia Browning, Davy Chapman, Nan Corple, Jerry Dearman, Lavon Dempsey, Donald L. Drake, Lu Ann Faris, William Kirkland, J.W. Kuffel, Melinda Leduc, Stanley Livingston, David McGee, David Millward, Carole Ann Millward, Vernon Newman, John Short, James Silvester, Kippy Smith, James E. Taylor, Howard Turner, James McCourt, Victor Silvester, Michael Bates, Dean Lundholm, Jr.

Francis I. Spagnoletti, Spagnoletti & Assoc., Houston, TX, for plaintiffs Frederick Earl Fowler, Thomas L. Bradley, et al.

Gary Benjamin Pitts, Pitts & Collard, Houston, TX, for intervenor-plaintiff Herman Piceynski.

Gary Benjamin Pitts, Pitts & Collard, Houston, TX, Richard Lee Melancon, Schechter & Associates, Galveston, TX, for intervenor-plaintiff Ihsaan Abdul-Malik, et al.

Richard Lee Melancon, Schechter & Associates, Galveston, TX, for intervenor-plaintiff Kevin R. Allen.

Michael John Maloney, Fisher Gallagher & Lewis, Houston, TX, for intervenor-plaintiff Gary Zuspann.

F. Walter Conrad, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, for defendants ABB Lummus Crest Inc., ABB Lummus Crest North America, Inc.

H. Ronald Welsh, Thad T. Dameris, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for defendants Rohne-Poulenc Inc., Alcolac, Inc., Alcolac Intern. Inc., Interchem, Inc.

J. Clifford Gunter, III, Bracewell & Patterson, Anthony Cole Duenner, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for defendants Bechtel Group, Inc., Bechtel Corp.

Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Houston, TX, Samuel M. Sipe, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for defendant American Type Culture Collection, Inc.

G.P. Hardy, III, Hardy & Johns, Houston, TX, James Richard Watkins, Jr., Stephen Mark Strawn, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, Galveston, TX, William R. Towns, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, Scott S. Partridge, George A. Frilot, III, George Frazier, James F. Shuey, Michael R. Phillips, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for defendant Fisher Controls Intern., Inc.

Charles A. Watson, Dampier & Watson, Houston, TX, James Hugh Westmoreland, Houston, TX, for defendant Delta Steel Inc.

Murray J. Fogler, McDade & Fogler, Houston, TX, for defendant Translogic Corp. and movants Thyssen Inc. and U.S. Elevator Corp.

Richard Lee Melancon, Schechter & Associates, Galveston, TX, for movants Kevin R. Allen, Tamba G. Allen, Andrew A. Alston.

Gary Benjamin Pitts, Pitts & Collard, Houston, TX, Richard Lee Melancon, Schechter & Associates, Galveston, TX, for movants Ihsaan Abdul-Malik, Aatifa Abdul-Malik.

Michael John Maloney, Fisher Gallagher & Lewis, Houston, TX, James E. Wren, Robert L. McHaney, Jr., Waco, TX, for movant Gary Zuspann.

John Alexander Irvine, Thelen Marrin Johnson & Bridges, Houston, TX, for movants Budd Co., Thyssen Holding Corp., David Williams, Thomas Stuart.

Daniel David Hu, U.S. Attys. Office, Houston, TX, Robin D. Smith, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for third-party defendant U.S.

Gary Benjamin Pitts, Pitts & Collard, Houston, TX, for movant Herman Piceynski.

Carlos Garza, Martin Micks Garza & Bunce, Galveston, TX, Joseph A. Katarincic, Katarincic & Salmon, Pittsburg, PA, for defendants Inc. Dresser Industries, M.W. Kellogg Co., M.W. Kellogg Holdings, Inc., Kellogg Iraq Ltd.

Peter E. Strand, Shoock, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Stephen Robert Lewis, Jr., Galveston, TX, for defendants Montedison Spa, Alfa Laval Inc., Tetra Laval Group, Alfa Laval AB, Chemap.

Louis B. Paine, Jr., Butler & Binion, Houston, TX, for defendant Beta First, Inc.

Carlos Garza, Martin Micks Garza & Bunce, Galveston, TX, for defendant Alliedsignal Inc.

Mitchell A. Toups, Weller Green McGown & Toups, Beaumont, TX, for defendant Sigma Chemie GmBH.

Charles A. Watson, Dampier & Watson, Houston, TX, for defendant Delta Steel Inc.

Stephen W. Lemmon, Bradley Wayne Cole, Sheinfeld Maley & Kay, Houston, TX, for defendant Cron Chemical Inc.

Stephen D. Susman, Susman & Godfrey, Houston, TX, for defendants Degussa Corp., Degussa AG.


ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

KENT, District Judge.

This is a class action of veterans of the Persian Gulf War who have brought suit under theories of negligence, strict liability, and product liability against Defendants Alcolac, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Alcolac"), Alcolac International, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Alcolac International"), Interchem, Inc., a New York corporation ("Interchem"), Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., a New York corporation ("Rhone...

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