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ADAMS v. ALCOLAC, INC.

No. 19-40899.

974 F.3d 540 (2020)

William J. ADAMS; Ray Aikens, Sr.; Kathleen J. Aikens; Linda Pearl Akridge; Ronald W. Akridge; et al, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALCOLAC, INCORPORATED; Rhodia Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised September 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Patrick Doyle , Doyle, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Michael John Maloney , Michael J. Maloney & Associates, LLP, Houston, TX, Michael B. Martin , Martin Walton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Gary Benjamin Pitts , Pitts & Mills, Friendswood, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jessica Lynn Ellsworth , Kirti Datla , Bruce Davidson Oakley , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before King, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit Judges.

The plaintiffs are primarily former U.S. military personnel who were injured by Saddam Hussein's use of mustard gas during the Gulf War. The plaintiffs seek to hold Alcolac, Inc. liable for these injuries because, they allege, it illegally provided the government of Iraq with thiodiglycol, which was then used to create mustard gas. Previous...

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