ASHER v. UNARCO MATERIAL HANDLING, INC.

No. 09-5158.

596 F.3d 313 (2010)

William Harris ASHER, et al., Plaintiffs, Lora Bush; Stephen Bush; James Helton; Chrystal Kae Hill; Jamey Hill; Dora Keley; Stephen King; Anna Rachelle McClure; Gary Patterson; Danny Pittman; Billy Rhodes; Clifford Robert Sage; Kimberly Dawn Deerfield Sage; Glenna Gail Shupe; Sean Lee Shupe; Cecil David Spurlock; Elaine M. Spurlock; Bennie Swift; Sarah Beth Swift; Kathy Trent; and Ricky Trent, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNARCO MATERIAL HANDLING, INC., a Tennessee Corporation, Intervening Plaintiff/Defendant-Appellee, Atlas Material Handling, Inc., a California Corporation, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Elizabeth K. Russo, Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellants. Todd S. Page, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Douglas W. Langdon, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Elizabeth K. Russo, Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellants. Todd S. Page, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Douglas W. Langdon, Charles S. Cassis, Susan Simpson Wettle, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: KENNEDY, COLE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity suit, plaintiffs, who are past and present Wal-Mart employees and their spouses, allege injuries caused by exposure to carbon monoxide gas in the enclosed freezer section of a Wal-Mart Distribution Center during a two-week period in November and December 2005. One group of plaintiffs—the original plaintiffs—filed suit within one year of the date of last exposure to the gas, while the other group...

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