Ex parte FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS COMPANY et al.
In re Randy Wade Bice et al.
v.
Micon Products International, Inc., et al.
Robert W. Acklin, Jr., et al.
v.
Micon Products International, Inc., et al.
Richard G. Abernathy et al.
v.
Micon Products International, Inc., et al.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 3, 2005.
June 3, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel J. Reynolds, Jr., Bessemer; and Alfred F. Smith, Jr., of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner Flexible Products Company.
C.C. Torbert, Jr., Fournier J. Gale, and H. Thomas Wells, Jr., of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner Dow Chemical Company.
R. Marcus Givhan and Mary Brunson Whatley of Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Powell, LLP, Birmingham; and Michael R. Borasky of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for petitioner Bayer MaterialScience, LLC.
Warren B. Lightfoot and Wynn M. Shuford of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, for petitioner BASF.
John W. Dodson and Jinny M. Ray of Ferguson, Frost & Dodson, L.L.P., Birmingham, for petitioners Earth Support Services d/b/a Micon, Inc., and Micon Products International, Inc.
David A. Lee and Alex Wyatt of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner Sub-Technical.
Donald D. Lusk and Leslie A. Caldwell, Birmingham, for petitioner Green Mountain International, Inc.
James M. Smith of Stockham & Stockham, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner RHH Foam Systems, Inc.
R. Larry Bradford of Bradford & Donahue, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioners Supply, Inc., and Industrial Mining Supply.
Donald W. Stewart, Anniston, for respondents.
Matthew C. McDonald and Kirkland E. Reid of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee, in support of the petitioners.
Deborah A. Smith of Christian & Small, LLP, Birmingham; Robert A. Bartlett and Nicholas G. Walker of McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Herbert L. Fenster of McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of the petitioners.
David R. Boyd, Michael L. Edwards, H. Hampton Boles, Steven R. Casey, and Ed R. Haden of Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, for amici curiae Business Council of Alabama and Alabama Coal Association, in support of the petitioners.
Robert A. Huffaker of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for amicus curiae American Chemistry Council, in support of the petitioners.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
HARWOOD, Justice.
This petition for a writ of mandamus arises from a number of actions in which 1,675 plaintiffs, all individuals who claim that they were injured by exposure to isocyanate1 while employed as coal miners, have sued 11 defendants, including Flexible Products Company and Micon Products International, Inc., all of which are involved in the manufacture, use, and distribution of isocyanate...
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