CANNON v. ARMSTRONG CONTAINERS INC.

Nos. 22-2636, 22-2630, 22-2632, 22-2633, 22-2634, 22-2635 & 22-2637.

92 F.4th 688 (2024)

Latonya CANNON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARMSTRONG CONTAINERS INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Earle , Attorney, Law Office of Peter Earle, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Attorney, Robert McConnell , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Louis M. Bograd , Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Washington, DC, Victor C. Harding , Attorney, Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler, Reinhardt & Bloch, Milwaukee, WI, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wallace Miller, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant Latonya Cannon.

Peter G. Earle , Attorney, Law Office of Peter Earle, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Attorney, Robert McConnell , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Louis M. Bograd , Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Washington, DC, Victor C. Harding , Attorney, Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler, Reinhardt & Bloch, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Tyann McHenry, D'Angelo Thompson, Dijonae Trammell.

Paul E. Benson , Attorney, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Brian David Schmalzbach , Eric Samuel Fleming , Joy C. Fuhr , Attorneys, McGuirewoods LLP, Richmond, VA, for Defendant-Appellee EIDP, Inc.

Anthony S. Baish , Attorney, Godfrey & Kahn S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Sean Morris , Attorney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Atlantic Richfield Company.

Anderson Bailey , Attorney, Jones Day, Pittsburgh, PA, Leon F. DeJulius, Jr., Esq. , Attorney, Jones Day, New York, NY, Jeffrey K. Spoerk , Evan Thomsen , Attorneys, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Sherwin-Williams Company.

Robert P. Alpert , Jeffrey K. Douglass , Eric Larson , Attorneys, Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, GA, Timothy A. Bascom , Attorney, Bascom, Budish & Ceman, S.C., Germantown, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Armstrong Containers Inc.

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Attorney, Robert McConnell , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Victor C. Harding , Attorney, Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler, Reinhardt & Bloch, Milwaukee, WI, Louis M. Bograd , Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Washington, DC, Peter G. Earle , Attorney, Law Office of Peter Earle, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wallace Miller, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Ernest Gibson, Deziree Valoe, Detareion Valoe.

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Attorney, Robert McConnell , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Victor C. Harding , Attorney, Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler, Reinhardt & Bloch, Milwaukee, WI, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wallace Miller, Chicago, IL, Louis M. Bograd , Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Washington, DC, Peter G. Earle , Attorney, Law Office of Peter Earle, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Anthony Thompson, Leah Davis.

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Attorney, Robert McConnell , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Victor C. Harding , Attorney, Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler, Reinhardt & Bloch, Milwaukee, WI, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wallace Miller, Chicago, IL, Louis M. Bograd , Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant Maniya Allen.

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Attorney, Robert McConnell , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Victor C. Harding , Attorney, Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler, Reinhardt & Bloch, Milwaukee, WI, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wallace Miller, Chicago, IL, Louis M. Bograd , Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Letriysa Alexis, Daveon Archibold, Damian Arias, Kennedy Bland.

Before Wood, Scudder, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


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