BALOCO v. DRUMMOND CO., INC.

No. 12-15268.

767 F.3d 1229 (2014)

Freddy Locarno BALOCO; Katherine Paola Locarno Baloco, through her guardian and representative Yaneth Ester Baloco Tapia; Ayleen Paola Orcasita Almarales; Stefany Loren Orcasita Cordoba; Marlon Alexi Orcasita Almarales, through his guardian and representative Elisa Almarales Viloria; Ashly Patricia Orcasita Almarales, through her guardian and representative Elisa Almarales Viloria; Sergio Esteban Soler Urrego; Ingrid Karina Soler Urrego; Greysi Paola Locarno Larios; Gustavo Alberto Locarno Larios; Linda Teresa Orcasita Pineda; Vanessa Katherine Orcasita Pisccioty, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC.; Drummond Ltd.; Augusto Jimenez; James Adkins; Mike Tracy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence Patrick Collingsworth , Christian Levesque , Rachel A. Sheridan , Natacha Thys , Eric J. Hager , Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Washington, DC, William R. Scherer , Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Thomas Lavon Carmichael , Carmiehael Law Firm, Jasper, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William H. Jeffress , Rachel B. Cochran , Noah R. Mink , Bryan H. Pair , David A. Super , Baker Botts, LLP, Washington, DC, William Anthony Davis, III , Philip Guy Piggott , Benjamin T. Presley , Huey Thomas Wells, III , Starnes Davis Florie , LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and EVANS, District Judge.


EVANS, District Judge:

Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint alleges the following. Plaintiffs/Appellants (hereinafter "Plaintiffs") are the children and heirs of three men (Valmore Locarno Rodriguez, Victor Hugo Orcasita Amaya, and Gustavo Soler Mora)1 who worked for Defendant Drummond Ltd. at Drummond's coal mining operation in Colombia, South America. The three men were officials of a union, Sintramienergetica. They were murdered in 2001...

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