JAMES RIVER INS. CO. v. ULTRATEC SPECIAL EFFECTS

No. 20-11568.

22 F.4th 1246 (2022)

JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant, v. ULTRATEC SPECIAL EFFECTS INC, a foreign company, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, MST Properties LLC, an Alabama corporation, Robert Holland, an individual, Randy Moore, an individual, Mike Thouin, an individual, David J. Cothran, as Administrator for the Estate of Aimee Cothran, dec., Donald Ray Sanderson, as Administrator for the Estate of Virginia Marie Sanderson, dec., Coleen McKenna Whorton, an individual, Defendants-Appellees, Britton-Gallagher & Associates, Inc., et al., Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sina Bahadoran , Aaron Warren , Clyde & Co, LLP, Miami, FL, Jack Roy Reiter , Jordan Scott Kosches , GrayRobinson, PA, Miami, FL, Christoffer Peter Bolvig , Mudd Bolvig Luke Wells, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Walter Brad English , Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Huntsville, AL, Joshua Robert Hess , Joshua B. Baker , John C. Neiman, Jr. , Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellees Ultratec Special Effects Inc, Randy Moore, and Mike Thouin.

William B. Tatum , Edward Eugene Wilson, Jr. , Tatum Wilson, PC, Huntsville, AL, for Defendant-Appellee MST Properties LLC.

James H. Richardson , Richardson Callahan & Maples, LLP, Huntsville, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Robert Holland.

Richard J. Riley , Roger L. Lucas , David Hall Marsh , Jeffrey C. Rickard , Marsh Rickard & Bryan, PC, Birmingham, AL, William H. Atkinson , Atkinson Atkinson & Burt, PC, Winfield, AL, Marcus John Edward Helstowski , McDaniel & McDaniel, LLC, Huntsville, AL, Mark A. Jackson , Mark A. Jackson, PC, Huntsville, AL, for Defendants-Appellees David J. Cothran, Donald Ray Sanderson, and Coleen McKenna Whorton.

Before Jill Pryor, Luck, and Brasher, Circuit Judges.


Coleen McKenna Whorton, Aimee Cothran, and Virginia Marie Sanderson suffered catastrophic injuries from a pyrotechnic explosion at their workplace. Cothran and Sanderson died of their injuries. Their representatives and Whorton (the "Employees") sued their employer, Ultratec Special Effects HSV, Inc. ("Ultratec HSV"),...

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