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WRIGHT v. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 95-4227.

91 F.3d 1105 (1996)

Louis E. WRIGHT, Individually, and as Parent and Next Friend of Jamie L. Wright, Carolyn Wright, Clinton E. Wright, and Raymond Burton, Appellees, v. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim L. Julian, Little Rock, AR, argued (Janie Willbanks McFarlin and Michael T. Jackson, on the brief), for appellant.

James F. Swindoll, Little Rock, AR, argued (H.L. Slate, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGILL, HEANEY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1996.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The most significant issue in this toxic tort case is whether members of the Wright family, plaintiffs who prevailed at trial, produced sufficient evidence to submit their negligence claim to the jury. We find that they did not and therefore reverse the judgment of the district court.

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Appellant Willamette Industries owns a fiberboard...

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