RODRIGUEZ v. SHELL OIL CO.

Civil Action No. H-96-1790.

950 F.Supp. 187 (1996)

Ramon Rodriguez RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

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

November 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Stein Siegel, Misko Howie & Sweeney, Dallas, TX, Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX, Fred Misko, Jr., Dallas, TX, for Ramon Rodriguez Rodriguez.

John Michael Dorman, Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill & Laboon, Houston, TX, Burt Ballanfant, Shell Oil Company, Legal Dept., Houston, TX, Richard W. Staff, John L. Hill, Jr., Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill & Laboon, Houston, TX, for Shell Oil Company.

Terence M. Murphy, Jones Day Reavis & Poque, Dallas, TX, James Stanley Teater, Dallas, TX, for Standard Fruit & Steamship Company, Dole Food Company Inc., Dole Fresh Fruit Com.

Thomas Jeffrey Brandt, Sheinfeld Maley & Kay, Houston, TX, for Dead Sea Bromine Co. Ltd., Bromine Compounds Ltd.

Michael Lamar Brem, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, F. Walter Conrad, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, for Dow Chemical Company.

D. Ferguson McNiel, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Occidental Chemical.

Samuel E. Stubbs, William D. Wood, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Chiquita Brands, Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

Michael L. Rice, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Terence M. Murphy, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, James Stanley Teater, Dallas, TX, for Standard Fruit Company.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAKE, District Judge.

Pending before the court are Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non Conveniens and International Comity and to Enjoin Further Litigation (Docket Entry No. 4) and Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Third-Party Claims on Grounds of Fraudulent Joinder or, in the Alternative, Motion to Sever Third-Party Claims (Docket Entry No. 24). The history of this case is recited in Delgado v. Shell Oil Co.,

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