WRIGHT BY WRIGHT v. LEAD INDUSTRIES ASS'N, INC.

Civ. Nos. S 95-473, S 95-474.

878 F.Supp. 47 (1995)

Allen WRIGHT, A Minor, by Tina WRIGHT and Alvin O. Wright, His Parents and Next Friends; Tina Wright, Mother of Allen Wright; and Alvin O. Wright, Father of Allen Wright v. LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC.; NL Industries, Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Company; The Sherwin-Williams Company; SCM Corporation; The Glidden Company; St. Joe Minerals Corporation; E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company; Fuller & O'Brien; and A. Bauer & Company. Alvin WRIGHT, Deceased, a Minor, by His Personal Representative, Alvin O. WRIGHT; Tina Wright, Mother of Alvin Wright, Deceased and Alvin O. Wright, Father of Alvin Wright, Deceased, v. LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC.; NL Industries, Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Company; The Sherwin-Williams Company; SCM Corporation; The Glidden Company; St. Joe Minerals Corporation; E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company; Fuller & O'Brien; and A. Bauer & Company.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Angelos, Thomas L. Samuel, Ronald E. Richardson, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD, for plaintiffs.

Dean M. Harris, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, CA, Otis P. Pearsall, Philip H. Curtis, Deborah Goldberg, Arnold & Porter, New York City, Robert N. Weiner, Murray R. Garnick, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Timothy S. Hardy, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Jeffrey A. Hall, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, for NL Industries, Inc.

Edward F. Houff, Church & Houff, P.A., Baltimore, MD, Paul M. Pohl, Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr., John E. Iole, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, for Sherwin-Williams Co.

Charles S. Hirsch, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Baltimore, MD, Earl W. MacFarlane, E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE, for E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.

Harold J. Engel, Popham, Haik, Schobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Washington, DC, G. Marc Whitehead, Michael T. Nilan, Popham, Haik, Schobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN, for SCM Corp. and The Glidden Co.

Wade R. Joyner, Crowley, Barrett & Karaba, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Fuller-O'Brien Corp., sued as Fuller & O'Brien.

Mark L. Sullivan, Sullivan, Sullivan & Pinta, Boston, MA, for Lead Industries Ass'n, Inc.

Walter W. Nowotny, The Doe Run Co., St. Louis, MO, for Doe Run Resources Corp., sued as St. Joe Minerals Corp.

Martin E. Marvel, A. Bauer & Co., Baltimore, MD, for A. Bauer & Co.

James P. Ulwick, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for NL Industries, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

These matters are before the Court on the plaintiffs' motion to remand each one to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, from which they were removed by the defendants. The motions have been fully briefed. No oral hearing is necessary. Local Rule 105.6, D.Md.

These cases concern the alleged lead paint poisoning of one Allen Wright, born in 1979, and the alleged lead paint poisoning and death of one...

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