WEST VIRGINIA EX REL. McGRAW v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING

No. CIV.A.2:03-2161.

354 F.Supp.2d 660 (2005)

State of WEST VIRGINIA ex rel. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, Plaintiff v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Mine Safety Appliances Company, a foreign corporation, and American Optical Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia.

January 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alva A. Hollon, Jr., John O. Hollon, Sams & Hollon, Jacksonville, FL, Frances A. Hughes, Office of the Attorney General, Joshua I. Barrett, Rudolph L. DiTrapano, Sean P. McGinley, Ditrapano Barrett & Dipiero, Charleston, WV, Michael T. Gallagher, Russell Serafin, The Gallagher Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Andre M. Pauka, Carrie A. Jablonski, Jeffrey A. Hall, Philip S. Beck, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, Bryant J. Spann, David B. Thomas, Wm. Scott Wickline, Allen Guthrie McHugh & Thomas, Beth Ann Rauer, Bruce M. Jacobs, Heather Heiskell Jones, James S. Crockett, Jr., Spilman Thomas & Battle, John T. Dinsmore, Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Raymond S. Franks, II, Stephen P. Goodwin, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, WV, Karen K. Maston, Vanessa L. Vance, Connelly Baker Wotring & Jackson, Houston, TX, for Defendants.


ORDER

COPENHAVER, District Judge.

Pending are plaintiff's motion to remand, filed October 10, 2003, and defendants' joint motion to amend their notice of removal, filed November 17, 2003.1

I. Factual and Procedural Posture

On August 6, 2003, plaintiff instituted this action in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. The case arises out of the ostensible failure of countless respirators/dust masks used primarily...

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