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STERN v. CHEMTALL INC.

No. 31776.

617 S.E.2d 876 (2005)

217 W.Va. 329

William K. STERN, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellees Franklin Stump, Danny Gunnoe and Teddy Joe Hoosier, Appellants v. CHEMTALL INCORPORATED, a Georgia Corporation, et al., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 31, 2005.

Opinion of Chief Justice Albright July 6, 2005.

Opinion of Justice Starcher July 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Dean Hartley, J. Zachary Zatezalo, Michael P. Giertz, Hartley & O'Brien, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, and E. William Harvit, Harvit & Schwartz, L.C., Charleston, and Bradley Oldaker, Bailey, Stultz, Oldaker & Greene, P.L.L.C., Weston, for William K. Stern, et al.

Scott S. Segal, Deborah L. McHenry, The Segal Law Firm, Charleston, and Theodore Goldberg, David B. Rodes, Goldberg, Persky, & White, Pittsburgh, PA, for Franklin Stump, et al.

Landers P. Bonenberger, Jeffrey A. Holmstrand, McDermott & Bonenberger, Wheeling, for Chemtall, Inc.

Robert P. Martin, Todd M. Sponseller, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Charleston, for Zinkan Enterprises.

Harry G. Shaffer, Shaffer & Shaffer, Madison, and Mark P. Fitzsimmons, Theresa A. Queen, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.

C. James Zeszutek, Denise D. Klug, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, for Ondeo Nalco Co.

Heather Heiskell Jones, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Charleston, for Cytec Industries, Inc.

PER CURIAM:

This proceeding involves appellants, Franklin Stump, Danny Gunnoe, and Teddy Joe Hoosier, along with others (hereinafter, the "Intervenors") who appeal the Circuit Court of Marshall County's January 15, 2004, denial of their motion to intervene in a class action (hereinafter, the "Stern litigation") for medical monitoring for asymptomatic coal preparation plant workers arising out of the alleged chemical exposure to an industrial water cleaner....

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