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IN RE WILDEWOOD LITIGATION

No. 93-2459.

52 F.3d 499 (1995)

In re WILDEWOOD LITIGATION. Bruce K. BENESH, Individually; Susan V. Benesh, Individually; Sharon C. Helms, Individually; Wayne Sharpe; Del A. Rosebrock, Individually; Deborah T. Rosebrock, Individually; David C. Marble; Caron H. Marble, Individually; Ronald L. Taylor; Deanna W. Lanier-Taylor; Salvatore G. Cilella, II, Individually; Mary Winifred Cilella, Individually; Karl V. Doskocil; Mary T. Doskocil; Edward F. Sullivan, Jr., Individually; Eileen B. Sullivan, Individually; Hwa Ja Kim, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for Soo Yung Kim, a minor under age of 18 years; Duk Yung Kim; Duk Hyun Kim; Duk Jin Kim; Linton S. Boatwright; Harriette M. Boatwright; Gandhi Gondi; Raghava Gondi, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Bruce K. Benesh and Susan V. Benesh, as Guardians ad Litem for Barbara Grace Benesh, Donna Constance Benesh and John William Benesh, minors under the age of 14 years; James O. Helms, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for Michael Wayne Helms and James O. Helms, Jr.; Sharon C. Helms, as Guardian ad Litem for Michael Wayne Helms and James O. Helms, Jr.; Del A. Rosebrock and Deborah T. Rosebrock, as Guardians ad Litem for Allyson Rosebrock and Ashley Rosebrock, minors under the age of 14 years; Caron H. Marble, as Guardian ad Litem for Allison Marble, a minor under the age of 18 years; Salvatore G. Cilella, II and Mary Winifred Cilella, as Guardians ad Litem for Peter Cilella, a minor under the age of 18 years; Edward F. Sullivan, Jr. and Eileen B. Sullivan, as Guardians ad Litem for Keith Edward Sullivan, a minor under the age of 18 years; Hwa Yung Kim; Christa C. Helms; Salvatore G. Cilella, III; John Melvin Doskocil; Frank Alan Doskocil; Lauren Elizabeth Sullivan, Plaintiffs, v. AMPHENOL CORPORATION; Allied Signal, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Hanjo Lengel, Holler, Olive, Lengel & Garner, Columbia, SC, for appellants. Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, P.A., Columbia, SC, for appellees. ON BRIEF: William R. Applegate, West Columbia, SC; J.C. Coleman, Columbia, SC; Cheryl F. Perkins, Columbia, SC; Russell H. Putnam, Jr., Columbia, SC, for appellants. F. Barron Grier, III, Michael A. Pulliam, Deborah Harrison Sheffield, Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, P.A., Columbia, SC, for appellees.

Before WIDENER, WILKINSON and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judges WILKINSON and WILKINS joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants (plaintiffs), 11 property owners (the owners), brought suit against Amphenol and Allied Signal, (Amphenol) alleging nuisance, trespass, and negligence for the release by Amphenol's plant of trichloroethane (TCE) into the groundwater in and surrounding the owners' properties. The jury returned a verdict...

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