Powell v. B.P. Chemicals, Inc.

RULING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REMAND

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This suit arises out of the alleged exposure to two chemicals, acrylonitrile and butadiene, whose manufacturers are named as defendants, which the plaintiffs allege are linked to plaintiffs’ development of prostate cancer.

Plaintiffs, who are domiciliaries of Louisiana, originally filed this suit against defendants 1 in the Nineteenth Judicial District for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. Plaintiff, Ernest Powell was exposed to known carcinogenic chemicals while working at Uniroyal Inc. and/or USX, Inc. (referred to collectively as…