Turner v. Tri-State Plant Food, Inc. (In re Tri-State Plant Food, Inc.)

ORDER

DE MENT, District Judge.

Before the court is Debtor/Defendant Tri-State Plant Food’s1 Motion For Leave To Appeal, which was filed July 13, 2001. A class of plaintiffs filed an objection July 26, 2001. After careful consideration of the arguments of counsel, the relevant law, and the record as a whole, the court finds that the motion is due to be denied.

I. DISCUSSION

Settlement of this mass tort case presents a trilateral conflict between Debtor-Defendant Tri-State and two classes of plaintiffs, which are referred to as the Turner Class and the Morris Class.2 The classes seek relief from…