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HIRSCH v. CSX TRANSP., INC.

No. 09-4548.

656 F.3d 359 (2011)

Jonathan HIRSCH; Jeanne Myers, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Christopher Mann, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Christopher D. Stock , Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Scott L. Winkelman , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Christopher D. Stock , Paul M. De Marco , Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, John R. Climaco , Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Frank E. Piscitelli, Jr. , Frank Piscitelli Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Scott L. Winkelman , William L. Anderson , Beth M. Kramer , April N. Ross , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., Mary M. Bittence , Baker Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. Mark A. Behrens , Christopher E. Appel , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before: KENNEDY, BOGGS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Following a train crash that allegedly exposed a small town to cancer-causing agents, the Plaintiffs-Appellants sought damages on behalf of a putative class. The district court granted summary judgment for the train company, CSX Transportation (CSX), because the Plaintiffs had not established general or specific causation and, as a matter of law, any increased risk of cancer or other diseases was too insignificant to warrant...

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