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IN RE E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

No. 01-0066.

92 S.W.3d 517 (2002)

In re E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike A. Hatchell, Hatchell P.C., Gregory D. Smith, Maria Benecki Sowders, Ramey & Flock, Tyler, Larry E. Cotten, Dennis M. Conrad, Susan Jan Hueber, Kirkley Schmidt & Cotten LLP, Fort Worth, M.C. Carrington, Sandra French Clark, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, for Relator.

Glen W. Morgan, Richard J. Clarkson, Reaud Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, William V. Dorsaneo, III, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, for Respondent.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice SCHNEIDER joined.

Some 8,000 plaintiffs in five related cases pending in two trial courts in Orange County and Jefferson County have sued relator and more than 80 other defendants for damages from exposure to asbestos. Relator moved to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims against it under section...

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