Bates v. Safety-Kleen Systems Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION RODNEY VANCE et al., § § Plaintiffs, § § v. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:21-CV-2171-B § SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS, INC., § § Defendant. § MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court is Defendant Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. (“Safety-Kleen”)’s Motion to Sever (Doc. 43). For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motion and SEVERS this case into twenty distinct civil actions. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background This case is about whether workplace exposure to Safety-Kleen chemicals caused Plaintiffs’ cancers. Plaintiffs are…