HENRY v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

Docket No. 125205, COA No. 4.

701 N.W.2d 684 (2005)

473 Mich. 63

Gary and Kathy HENRY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trogan and Trogan P.C. (by Bruce F. Trogan) Saginaw, MI, Stueve, Siegel, Hanson, Woody, L.L.P. (by Teresa A. Woody and Todd M. McGuire), and Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne L.L.P. (by Carl H. Helmstetter and Michael F. Saunders), Kansas City, MO, for the plaintiffs.

Dickinson Wright P.L.L.C. (by Kathleen A. Lang and Barbara H. Erard), Detroit, MI, Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner, P.L.C. (by John A. Decker), Saginaw, MI, Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P. (by Douglas J. Kurtenbach, Christopher M.R. Turner, and Steven Engel), Chicago, IL, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. (by John S. Guttman), Washington, D.C., and Michael A. Glackin, Midland, MI, for the defendant.

Warner Norcross & Judd L.L.P. (William K. Holmes, Thomas J. Manganello, and John J. Bursch), Grand Rapids, MI, (Hugh F. Young, Jr., of counsel), Reston, VA, for amici curiae the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Law Offices of Robert June, P.C. (by Robert B. June), Ypsilanti, MI, for amici curiae the Ecology Center, American Public Health Association, Endometriosis Association, American Lung Association of Michigan, Genesee County Medical Society, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Science and Environmental Health Network, Lone Tree Council, Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, Sierra Club, and the Center for Civil Justice.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Mary Massaron Ross and Camille T. Horne), Detroit, MI, for amici curiae the Defense Research Institute and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.

Clark Hill P.L.C. (by F.R. Damm and Paul C. Smith), Detroit, MI, for amici curiae Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (by Victor E. Schwartz, Nicholas C. Gladding, Leah Lorber, Cary Silverman, and Emily Laird), Washington, D.C., and Clark Hill P.L.C. (by Frederick R. Damm and Paul C. Smith), Detroit, MI, (Robin S. Conrad, Sherman Joyce, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Paul W. Kalish, Mark D. Plevin, Washington, D.C., David F. Zoll, Donald D. Evans, Arlington, VA, Ann W. Spragens, and Robert J. Hurns, Des Plaines, IL, of counsel), for amici curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States, American Tort Reform Association, National Association of Manufacturers, American Chemistry Council, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.


CORRIGAN, J.

The 173 plaintiffs in this matter have asked to represent a putative class of thousands in an action against defendant, The Dow Chemical Company. Their core allegation is that Dow's plant in Midland, Michigan, negligently released dioxin, a synthetic chemical that is potentially hazardous to human health,1 into the Tittabawassee flood plain where the plaintiffs and the putative...

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