CARTER v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC RESINS, INC.

No. 05-1250.

242 S.W.3d 616 (2006)

Cary Lee CARTER and Shelley Carter, Husband and Wife, individually, and Cary Lee Carter as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Brett Carter, A Minor Child; Bradley Slade Cheek and Tina Michelle Cheek, Husband and Wife, individually, and Bradley Slade Cheek as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Hunter Slade Cheek, A Minor Child; Raymond T. Cheek and Cynthia Gail Cheek, Husband and Wife, individually, and Raymond T. Cheek as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Sarah Elizabeth Cheek, Joseph Raymond Cheek, and Stephanie Renee Cheek, Minor Children; Jesse Lee Cooke and Debra Denise Cooke, Husband and Wife, individually, and Jesse Lee Cooke as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Jessica Denise Cooke and Draylon O'Bryan Cooke, Minor Children; Mark Wayne. Higginbotham and Tonya Higginbotham, Husband and Wife, individually, and Mark Wayne Higginbotham as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Marcus Blake Higginbotham and Chase, Higginbotham, Minor Children; James Woods and Tammie S. Woods, Husband and Wife, individually, and James Woods as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Tara L. Woods and Joshua C. Woods, Minor Children; Armenda Morrison Mason; and Thomas Ray Turner, Appellants, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC RESINS, INC., A Delaware Corporation; Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Chemical Division, A Delaware Corporation; Teadit N.A., Inc., A Texas Corporation; Conventional Sealing Materials, Inc., A Texas Corporation; Teadit Industria E Comercio Ltda, A Brazilian Corporation; Proamianto Comercio E Exportaoo, S.A., A Brazilian Corporation; and Monroe Rubber & Gasket Co., A Louisiana Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Mays, Heber Springs, Ar, for appellants.

Gibson & Hashem, P.L.C., by C.C. Gibson, III, Monticello; Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, by: Frederick S. Ursery and Robert S. Shafer, Little Rock, AR; and Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbouough LLP, by: Richard K. Hines, V and Michelle W. Johnson, Atlanta, GA, for appellees Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. and Georgia—Pacific Corporation.

Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, LL.P., by: Jeffery C. Lewis and J. Dennis Chambers, Texarkana, TX, for appellee Teadit N.A., Inc.


JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of the dismissal of claims relating to alleged exposure to asbestos at the workplace. In a suit filed in the. Ashley County Circuit Court, the plaintiffs-appellants are divided into several separate but related groups. "Plaintiff employees" are current and former employees of appellee Georgia—Pacific Resins, Inc. (G-P) at a plant in Crossett, Arkansad. "Plaintiff family members" are the spouses, children, and...

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