COURTAULDS FIBERS, INC. v. LONG

1971996 and 1972028.

779 So.2d 198 (2000)

COURTAULDS FIBERS, INC. v. Horace L. LONG, Jr., et al. Horace L. Long, Jr., et al. v. Courtaulds Fibers, Inc.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley Pipes, Cooper C. Thurber, and William E. Shreve, Jr., of Lyons, Pipes & Cook, P.C., Mobile; and C.C. Torbert, Jr., of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, for appellant/cross appellee Courtaulds Fibers, Inc.

Christopher E. Peters, Charles S. Willoughby, J. Keith Givens, and J. Farrest Taylor of Cherry, Givens, Peters & Lockett, P.C., Mobile, for appellees/cross appellants Horace L. Long, Jr., et al.

Joseph P.H. Babington of Helmsing, Sims & Leach, P.C., Mobile; Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Rives & Peterson, P.C., Birmingham; and Charles A. Stewart III of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.


PER CURIAM.

Horace L. Long, Jr., and Margaret Long sued Courtaulds Fibers, Inc., alleging that it had released carbon disulfide (CS2) into the air, soil, and water during its manufacturing process and seeking damages based on harm they claimed to have incurred as a result of Courtaulds's actions. The Longs alleged nuisance, trespass, negligence, wantonness, and emission of an abnormally dangerous instrumentality. They sought to represent a class...

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