BRADLEY v. ARMSTRONG RUBBER CO.

No. 96-60233.

130 F.3d 168 (1997)

Bessie G. BRADLEY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. The ARMSTRONG RUBBER COMPANY (Now Pirelli Armstrong Tire Company) and Condere Corporation, d/b/a Fidelity Tire and Manufacturing Company, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Harang, Metairie, LA, Stuart Housel Smith, Sacks & Smith, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Ernest G. Taylor, Jr., Robert H. Weaver, Watkins, Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Armstrong Rubber Company ("Armstrong"), now Pirelli Armstrong Tire Company, operated a tire factory in Natchez, Mississippi, from 1937 to 1987. The plaintiffs lived in the neighborhood surrounding the factory and brought claims for trespass, nuisance, strict liability, and negligence, alleging that Armstrong blew carbon black onto their properties and introduced a plume of petroleum naphtha into the soil and water under their...

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