GOOD v. AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

Civil Action No. 2:14-01374.

CRYSTAL GOOD, individually and as parent and next friend of minor children M.T.S., N.T.K. and A.M.S. and MELISSA JOHNSON, individually and as parent of her unborn child, MARY LACY and JOAN GREEN and JAMILA AISHA OLIVER, WENDY RENEE RUIZ and KIMBERLY OGIER and ROY J. McNEAL and GEORGIA HAMRA and MADDIE FIELDS and BRENDA BAISDEN, d/b/a FRIENDLY FACES DAYCARE, and ALADDIN RESTAURANT, INC., and R. G. GUNNOE FARMS LLC, and DUNBAR PLAZA, INC., d/b/a DUNBAR PLAZA HOTEL, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC., and AMERICAN WATER WORKS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., and EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY and WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, d/b/a WEST VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER, and GARY SOUTHERN and DENNIS P. FARRELL, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston.

June 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crystal Good, West Virginia residents, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT, W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE & D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Melissa Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

T.A.J., a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Joan Green, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Summer Johnson, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Mary Lacy, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Wendy Renee Ruiz, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Kimberly Ogier, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Roy J. McNeal, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Georgia Hamra, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Maddie Fields, a West Virginia resident, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT, W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE & David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY.

Aladdin Restaurant, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Aladdin Restaurant, Inc., a West Virginia Limited Liablity Company, Plaintiff, represented by D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

R.G. Gunnoe Farms LLC, a West Virginia Limited Liablity Company, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Dunbar Plaza, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Dunbar Plaza, Inc. , Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & W. Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

American Water Works Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS, Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY & L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY.

American Water Works Service Company, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS, Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY & L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY.

Eastman Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Lance D. Leisure , BLANK ROME, Marc E. Williams , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Melissa Foster Bird , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Robert L. Massie , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH & Robert Scott , BLANK ROME.

West Virginia-American Water Company, 2:14-cv-11011, Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS & Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY.

Gary Southern, 2:14-cv-11011, a Florida resident, Defendant, represented by Erin J. Webb , KAY CASTO & CHANEY, Luci R. Wellborn , KAY CASTO & CHANEY, Pamela C. Deem , KAY CASTO & CHANEY & Robert B. Allen , KAY CASTO & CHANEY.

Dennis P. Farrell, a West Virginia resident, Defendant, represented by David R. Pogue , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER, Michael W. Carey , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER & S. Benjamin Bryant , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Pending is the partial motion to dismiss by Eastman Chemical Company ("Eastman"), filed January 7, 2015.

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