DAVIDSON v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC, L.L.C.

No. 14-30925.

819 F.3d 758 (2016)

Tina DAVIDSON, individually and on behalf of William Cleve Davidson; Kathryn D. Davidson, individually and on behalf of William Cleve Davidson; Kristen M. Davidson, individually and on behalf of William Cleve Davidson, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC, L.L.C.; Union Carbide Corporation; CertainTeed Corporation; Beazer East, Incorporated; J Graves Insulation Company, Incorporated, formerly known as Graves-Aber Insulation Company, Incorporated; Taylor Seidenbach, Incorporated, formerly known as Taylor-Seidenbach, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Siegel (argued), Susannah Balentine Chester-Schindler , Waters & Kraus, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, David Ryan Cannella , Landry & Swarr, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Gayla Melder Monda , Gary A. Bezet , Robert E. Dille , Alexandra E. Rossi , Sean Jeffrey Whittington , Kean Miller, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, McGready Lewis Richeson, Esq. , Deborah DeRoche Kuchler , Kuchler, Polk, Schell, Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C., Douglas Richard Elliott , H. Philip Radecker, Jr., Esq. (argued), Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Jennifer Edith Adams, Esq. , Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Valerie Ellen Ross (argued), Schiff Hardin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Christopher Kelly Lightfoot, Esq. , Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, PRADO, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


This asbestos case requires us to once again wade into the thicket of improper joinder law. 13F CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT ET AL., FEDERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE § 3641.1 (3d ed.2009) (noting that the Fifth Circuit "embraces a number of district courts that in particular have seen a considerable amount of removal activity that...

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