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JOINER v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 94-9131.

78 F.3d 524 (1996)

Robert K. JOINER, Karen P. Joiner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A New York Corporation; Westinghouse Electric Corporation, A Pennsylvania Corporation; Monsanto Company, A Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Micahel J. Warshauer, Burge & Wettermark, Atlanta, GA, Kenneth J. Chesebro, Cambridge, MA, for appellants.

Anthony L. Cochran, Chilivis & Grindler, David H. Flint, Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, Alexander Jackson Simmons, Jr., Joseph Claude Freeman, Jr., Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, GA, Steven R. Kuney, William & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge.

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Robert Joiner ("Joiner") and his wife, Karen Joiner, brought this suit in state court on August 5, 1993, seeking damages for personal injuries from lung cancer allegedly caused by Robert Joiner's exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") while working for the City of Thomasville, Georgia ("City"). Monsanto, General Electric Company, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation ("defendants") removed the action to federal district court, which...

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