PAZ v. BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.

Nos. 05-60157, 05-60388.

445 F.3d 809 (2006)

George PAZ, Bazbara Faciane, Joe Lewis, Donald Jones, Ernest E. Bryan, Gregory Condiff, Karla Condiff, Odie Ladner, Henry Polk, Roy Tootle, William H. Stewart, Jr., Margaret Ann Harris, Judith A. Lemon, Theresa Ladner, Yolanda Paz, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC., Brush Wellman, Inc., Wess-Del, Inc., The Boeing Company, Defendants-Appellees. George Paz, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brush Engineered Materials, Inc., et al., Defendants. Joseph P. Harris, Margaret Ann Harris, Terry R. Lemon, Judith A. Lemon, Marlin Moran, Rodney Sorapuru, Hermelinda Sorapuru, Alvin Pittman, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Brush Engineered Materials, Inc., et al., Defendants, Wess-Del, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Alan Smith, Stephen Michael Wiles, Smith & Fawer, New Orleans, LA, Ruben Honik (argued), Stephan Matanovic, Sherrie J. Cohen, Golomb & Honik, Philadelphia, PA, Robert C. Latham, Truly, Smith & Latham, Natches, MS, for Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey Ubersax (argued), Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Paul H. Stephenson, III, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. and Brush Wellman, Inc.

Timothy Dale Crawley (argued), Kristy Lynn Bennett, Anderson, Crawley & Burke, Ridgeland, MS, for Wess-Del, Inc.

V.L. Woolston, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Roy D. Campbell, III, Bradley Arant, Rose & White, Jackson, MS, for Boeing Co.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Class action appellants have sued the appellees in this case, claiming exposure to airborne beryllium at Boeing's space center facilities in Mississippi. For relief, the appellants seek to establish a medical monitoring fund. Appellee Boeing employs most of the proposed class members, who were allegedly exposed to the beryllium during the manufacture of parts for a space shuttle. Appellant Brush Wellman, Inc. ("Brush Wellman") sold to Boeing...

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