STATE of West Virginia ex rel. CHEMTALL INCORPORATED, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Cytec Industries, Inc., G.E. Betz, Inc., Hychem, Inc., Ondeo Nalco Company, Stockhausen, Inc., Zinkan Enterprises, Inc., John Doe Manufacturing and/or Distributing Company, John Ceslovnik, Robert McKinley, Eulis Daniels, John Doe Company Representatives for Chemtall Incorporated, Ciba Specialty Chemical Corporation, Cytec Industries, Inc., G.E. Betz, Inc., Hychem, Inc., Ondeo Nalco Company, Stockhausen, Inc., Zinkan Enterprises, Inc., Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable John T. MADDEN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marshall County; and All Plaintiffs in Stern, et al. v. Chemtall, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 03-C-49M, Respondents
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Submitted: September 1, 2004.
Filed: December 2, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Landers P. Bonenberger, Esq., Jeffrey A. Holmstrand, Esq., McDermott & Bonenberger, PLLC, Wheeling, for Chemtall Incorporated.
David K. Hendrickson, Esq., Hendrickson & Long, PLLC, Charleston, for GE Betz, Inc.
Joseph W. Selep, Esq., Zimmer Kunz, Pittsburgh, PA, for Hychem, Inc.
Heather Heiskell Jones, Esq., Andrew P. Arbogast, Esq., Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, for Cytec Industries, Inc.
Denise D. Klug, Esq., Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Wheeling, for Eulis Daniels, et al.
Harry G. Shaffer, III, Esq., Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC, Madison, for Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
Charles M. Love, Esq., Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Charleston, for Stockhausen, Inc.
Robert P. Martin, Esq., Todd M. Sponseller, Esq., Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, PLLC, Charleston, for Zinkan Enterprises.
Herman D. Lantz, Esq., Prosecuting Attorney, Moundsville, R. Dean Hartley, Esq., J. Zachary Zatezalo, Esq., Hartley & O'Brien, PLLC, Wheeling, E. William Harvitt, Esq., Harvitt & Schwartz. LC, Charleston, Bradley Oldaker, Esq., Wilson & Bailey, PLLC, Weston, for Respondents.
Fred Adkins, Esq., Marc E. Williams, Esq., Robert L. Massie, Esq., J. David Bolen, Esq., Alexander C. Ward, Esq., Huddleston Bolen, LLP, for Amicus Curiae Defense Trial Counsel of WV.
Kenneth S. Geller, Esq., Miriam R. Nemetz, Esq., Carl J. Summers, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, S. Jane Anderson, Esq., Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC, Hugh F. Young, Esq., for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Victor E. Schwartz, Esq., Leah Lorber, Esq., Emily J. Laird, Esq., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Elliot G. Hicks, Esq., Hawkins & Parnell, LLP, for Amici Curiae West Virginia Manufacturers Assoc.; National Assoc. of Manufacturers; Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.; American Chemistry Council; Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc.; and Property Casualty Insurers Assoc. of America.
Grant Crandall, Esq., for Amicus Curiae United Mine Workers of America.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
MAYNARD, Chief Justice.
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