IN RE FEMA TRAILER FORMALDEHYDE PRODUCTS LIABILITY

Nos. 10-30921, 10-30945.

668 F.3d 281 (2012)

In re FEMA TRAILER FORMALDEHYDE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION (MISSISSIPPI PLAINTIFFS). In re FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation (Alabama Plaintiffs).

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Edward Meunier , Justin I. Woods , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Charles Edward Gibson, IV (argued), Hawkins, Stracener & Gibson, P.L.L.C., Bay Saint Louis, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Adam Michael Dinnell , Trail Atty. (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Dept. of Environmental Torts, John Adam Bain , Sr. Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Henry Thomas Miller , Sr. Trial Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, STEWART and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants ("Appellants")1 brought this Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, action against the United States ("the Government") for injuries allegedly related to their exposure to elevated levels of formaldehyde contained in the component materials of the Emergency Housing Units ("EHUs") provided to them by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") after...

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