ARMSTRONG v. MARTIN MARIETTA CORP.

No. 95-3255.

93 F.3d 1505 (1996)

David M. ARMSTRONG, L. Benson Barger, Wallace D. Black, Howard Brooks, Jerry A. Budd, Sonja M. Carter, Dominick C. Cizek, Carol D. Clark-Iley, Charles H. Davis, Kenneth O. Giessuebel, Herold P. Glaser, Robert A. Havlish, Kumar Hinduja, Joseph C. Jett, Glenn E. Johnson, Robert C. Lerche, Calvin N. Lightner, George W. McGuirk, James W. McLean, William G. Murphy, Donald L. Prasky, Clark C. Rains, Myrtle Y. Redding, Kenneth A. Richards, Russell G. Roberts, Linda L. Ryan, Victor W. Shaw, Linton W. Smith, Michael Sylvestri, Marlon K. Tarter, Delbert S. Turner, Edward W. Walsh, Joseph W. Williamson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Constantino A. Barbitta, James R. Baxter, Robert D. Biggs, James H. Black, Rick L. Bordner, Rodmond M. Cookson, David B. Pool, Roger A. Purcell, Rama S. Singh, Charles M. Smith, Robert G. Swanson, William F. Waldrop, Kenneth E. Welch, Plaintiffs, v. MARTIN MARIETTA CORP., Martin Marietta Technologies, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman B. Smith, Smith, Follin & James, L.L.P., Greensboro, NC, Allen M. Blake, St. Petersburg, FL, for appellants.

Thomas C. Garwood, Jr., Kay L. Wolf, Garwood, McKenna & McKenna, P.A., Orlando, FL, for appellees.

Before HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.

As a matter of first impression in this circuit, the court outlines options that plaintiffs, who have been dismissed from class actions after opting-in to the class actions, may take to protect their right to litigate their claims individually before a statute of limitations runs. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1993, David M. Armstrong and thirty-two other former employees...

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