HARDWICK v. 3M CO.

Case No. 2:18-cv-1185.

589 F.Supp.3d 832 (2022)

Kevin D. HARDWICK, Plaintiff, v. 3M COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

Signed March 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David John Butler , Jonathan N. Olivito , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Columbus, OH, Brian A. Morris , Robert A. Bilott , Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, OH, Gary J. Douglas , Pro Hac Vice, Michael A. London , Pro Hac Vice, Rebecca G. Newman , Pro Hac Vice, Douglas & London, P.C., New York, NY, Neil E. McWilliams, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, PA, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff.

Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, John Joseph Kulewicz , Richard Donovan Schuster , Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH, Daniel Leslie Ring , Pro Hac Vice, Joshua D. Yount , Pro Hac Vice, Megan E. Stride , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Scodro , Pro Hac Vice, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant 3M Company.

Shawn J. Organ , Erik J. Clark , Sean M. Stiff , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Andrew D. Carpenter , Pro Hac Vice, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, John K. Sherk , Pro Hac Vice, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kristofor T. Henning , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Lanny S. Kurzweil , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, Michael P. Kelly , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Natalie S. Watson , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, East Brunswick, NJ, for Defendant E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

Shawn J. Organ , Erik J. Clark , Sean M. Stiff , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Andrew D. Carpenter , Pro Hac Vice, David R. Erickson , Pro Hac Vice, Mitchell F. Engel , Pro Hac Vice, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, John K. Sherk , Pro Hac Vice, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kristofor T. Henning , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Lanny S. Kurzweil , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, Michael P. Kelly , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Natalie S. Watson , Pro Hac Vice, McCarter & English, LLP, East Brunswick, NJ, for Defendant The Chemours Company.

Ronald S. Kopp , Jessica A. Lopez , Roetzel & Andress, Akron, OH, Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Adina D. Bingham , Pro Hac Vice, Glen R. Stuart , Pro Hac Vice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Charles E. Raynal , Pro Hac Vice, Melanie Black Dubis , Pro Hac Vice, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, Raleigh, NC, Robert H. Jordan , Pro Hac Vice, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, Charleston, SC, Steven D. Weber , Pro Hac Vice, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, Charlotte, NC, for Defendant Archroma Management LLC.

James A. King , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Daniel A. Spira , Pro Hac Vice, Sara J. Gourley , Pro Hac Vice, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Lisa M. Gilford , Pro Rae Vice, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Maja C. Eaton , Pro Hac Vice, River Forest, IL, for Defendants Arkema, Inc., Arkema France, S.A.

Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Theodore M. Grossman , Rebekah E. Blake , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, New York, NY, Louis A. Chaiten , Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant Daikin Industries Ltd.

Dustin M. Koenig , Matthew A. Kairis , Jones Day, Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Theodore M. Grossman , Rebekah E. Blake , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, New York, NY, for Defendant Daikin America, Inc.

Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Crystal Lohmann Parker , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel J. Toal , Pro Hac Vice, Jaren Janghorbani , Pro Hac Vice, Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Kegan A. Brown , Pro Hac Vice, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY, Gwyn Williams , Pro Hac Vice, Latham & Watkins LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant SolvaySpecialty Polymers, USA, LLC.

Matthew Steven Brown , Carl A. Aveni, II , Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP, Shawn J. Organ , Organ Cole LLP, Columbus, OH, Clifford Zatz , Pro Hac Vice, Laura Offenbacher Aradi , Pro Hac Vice, Peter C. Condron , Pro Hac Vice, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.


OPINION AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification (ECF No. 164), Defendants' Memorandum in Opposition (ECF No. 200,1 201

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