CARR v. INTERNATIONAL REFINING & MFG. CO.

1070770.

13 So.3d 947 (2009)

Bell CARR, Jr., et al. v. INTERNATIONAL REFINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY d/b/a IRMCO, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clatus Junkin, H. Gregory Pearson, Charles E. Harrison, and Samuel W. Junkin of Junkin, Pearson, Harrison & Junkin, LLC, Tuscaloosa, for appellants.

Richard Eldon Davis of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for appellant Castrol Industrial North America, Inc.

H.C. Ireland III of Porterfield, Harper, Mills & Motlow, P.A., Birmingham, for appellee Spartan Chemical.

Harlan I. Prater IV, William H. Morrow, and Craig N. Rosier of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, for appellees Certified Labs (a division of NCH Corporation), Chemsearch (a division of NCH Corporation), GE Betz, Inc., Henkel Corporation, Locite Corporation (now known as Henkel Corporation), Parker Amchem (a former operating group of Henkel Corporation), and Tremco, Inc.

C. Paul Cavender of Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee Precision Industrial Automation, Inc.

John W. Clark, Jr., and Cynthia N. Williams of Clark, Hair & Smith, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee A.M. Castle & Company, Inc.

John C.S. Pierce of Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig, LLP, Mobile, for appellee JohnsonDiversy, Inc., being sued as S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Douglas L. McCoy and Lisa Darnley Cooper of Hand Arendall, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellee Bliss Clearing Niagra, Inc.

Joe E. Basenberg and James S. Witcher III of Hand Arendall, L.L.C., Mobile for appellees Tennant Company, Reiff & Nestor Company, and Premier Cutting Tools f/k/a Pine Bluff Cutting Tools.

Connie Ray Stockham and James M. Smith of Stockham, Carroll & Smith, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee IRMCO.

James E. Fleenor, Jr., of Battle Fleenor Green Winn & Clemmer, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee Buckman Laboratories, Inc.

John F. Whitaker of Whitaker, Mudd, Simms, Luke & Wells, LLC, Birmingham, for appellee Joamco Chemical Products, Inc.

James H. McLemore and Robert F. Northcutt of Capell & Howard, P.C., Montgomery, for appellee Contacts Metals & Welding, Inc.

Sidney J. Hardy of McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, Covington, Louisiana, for appellee NSU Corp.

David B. Hall, Lawrence B. Clark, and Sara M. Turner of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, for appellees The Minster Machine Company and AK Steel Corporation.

Leslie A. Caldwell of Lusk, Caldwell & Dean, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee Amcol Corp.

G. Thomas Yearout of Yearout, Spina & Lavelle, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee Research Solvents and Chemicals, Inc.

Richard E. Smith and Deborah Alley Smith of Christian & Small, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee Invitrogen Corporation.

H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Katie E. Loggins, and E. Bryan Nichols of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee Allegheny Ludlum Corporation.

Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., and Michael E. Turner of Cabaniss, Johnston Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee Nalco Company.

Grey Redditt, Jr., and Timothy A. Clark of Vickers, Riis, Murray & Curran, Mobile, for appellee Delta Foremost Chemicals, Inc.

William T. Mills II of Porterfield, Harper, Mills & Motlow, P.A., Birmingham, for appellee Regal-Beloit Corporation.

Apsilah Owens Millsaps of Owens & Millsaps, LLP, Tuscaloosa, for appellees Barksdale Warrior Paper Co., Inc., and Nonferrous Products, Inc.

Lewis W. Page, Jr., of Page Law Firm, LLC, Birmingham, for appellee National Standard Company.

J. Alex Wyatt and David A. Lee of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee Sunnen Products, Inc.

Matthew W. Robinett of Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner, Birmingham, for appellee Inco Alloys International, Inc.

Clifotn Wayne Jefferis of Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, LLP, Jackson, Mississippi, for appellee Chemco Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Timothy W. Knight of Kee & Selby, L.L.P., for appellees Lincoln Electric Company and L-Tec.

Charles Fleming, Jr., of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee D.A. Stuart Company.

Stanley A. Cash of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee Rochester-Midland.

Frank E. Lankford of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham for appellees Hollingsworth & Vose Company and Houghton International, Inc.

Michael C. Quillen of Walston, Wells & Birchall, LLP, Birmingham, for appellees American Metal Fibers, Inc., Lancaster Fibers, Inc., and Alro Steel Corporation.

Chilton Davis Varner, Stephen B. Devereaux, and Bradley W. Pratt of King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of the appellees.


On Application for Rehearing

LYONS, Justice.

This Court's opinion of November 14, 2008, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

The appellants in this action ("the former employees") are several hundred former employees of Arvin Industries d/b/a Arvin-Meritor, Inc. ("Arvin"). The former employees sued Arvin and several of their co-employees, alleging that they had suffered injuries as a result of exposure to toxic chemicals...

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