STATE of West Virginia ex rel. CHEMTALL INCORPORATED, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Cytec Industries, Inc., G.E. Betz, Inc., Hychem, Inc., Ondeo Nalco Company, Stockhausen, Inc., Zinkan Enterprises, Inc., John Doe Manufacturing and/or Distributing Company, John Ceslovnik, Robert McKinley, Eulis Daniels, John Doe Company Representatives for Chemtall Incorporated, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Cytec Industries, Inc., G.E. Betz, Inc., Hychem, Inc., Ondeo Nalco Company, Stockhausen, Inc., Zinkan Enterprises, Inc., Petitioners,
v.
Honorable John T. MADDEN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marshall County; and All Plaintiffs in Stern, et al.
v.
Chemtall, Inc., et al., Marshall County Civil Action No. 03-C-49M, Respondents.
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Submitted September 12, 2007.
Decided November 15, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
C. James Zeszutek, Esq., Dinsmore & Shohl, Pittsburgh, PA and Denise D. Klug, Esq., Dinsmore & Shohl, Wheeling, WV, for Nalco Company.
Landers P. Bonenberger, Esq., Jeffrey A. Holmstrand, Esq., McDermott & Bonenberger, Wheeling, WV, for Chemtall, Inc.
Harry G. Shaffer, III, Esq., Shaffer & Shaffer, Madison, WV, for CIBA Specialty Chemicals Corp.
Heather Heiskell Jones, Esq., Andrew P. Arbogast, Esq., Spilman Thomas & Battle, Charleston, WV, for Cytec Industries, Inc.
David K. Hendrickson, Esq., Hendrickson & Long, Charleston, WV, for G.E. Betz, Inc.
Joseph W. Selep, Esq., Zimmer Kunz, Pittsburgh, PA, for Hychem, Inc.
Charles M. Love, III, Esq., Phyllis M. Porterfield, Esq., Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Charleston, WV, for Stockhausen, Inc.
Robert P. Martin, Esq., Justin C. Taylor, Esq., Bailey & Wyant, Charleston, WV, for Zinkan Enterprises, Inc.
R. Dean Hartley, Esq., William E. Parsons, II, J. Zachary Zatezalo, Hartley & O'Brien, Wheeling, WV, and E. William Harvit, Esq., Harvit & Schwartz, Charleston, WV, and Bradley R. Oldaker, Esq., Baily, Stultz, Oldaker & Green, PLLC, Weston, WV, for Plaintiffs.
Thomas F. Basile, Esq., The Calwell Practice, Charleston, WV, and Scott S. Segal, Esq., Mark R. Staun, Esq., The Segal Law Firm, Charleston, WV, and Theodore Goldberg, Esq., David B. Rodes, Esq., Goldberg, Persky & White, for the Intervenors.
Brenda N. Harper, Esq., for Amicus Curiae The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Kenneth S. Geller, Esq., Andrew L. Frey, Esq., Scott A. Chesin, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, and S. Jane Anderson, Esq., Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote LC, and Hugh F. Young, Esq., The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., for Amicus Curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Mark A. Behrens, Esq., Cary Silverman, Esq., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Pro Hac Vice, and Jay M. Potter, Esq., Francis, Nelson & Brison, for Amici Curiae The West Virginia Roundtable, West Virginia Manufacturers Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, American Chemistry Council.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
The Opinion of the Court was delivered PER CURIAM.
The petitioners and defendants below, suppliers and/or manufacturers of a chemical known as polyacrylamide, seek extraordinary relief to prevent the enforcement of two orders of the Circuit Court of Marshall County in an action brought by the respondents and plaintiffs below, current and former coal preparation plant workers, in which they seek medical monitoring for diseases they allegedly may develop in the future...
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