Bartolome E. Abuan v. General Electric Co. Monsanto Company, Bartolome E. Abuan v. General Electric Co., and Monsanto Company

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

In May of 1987, an electrical transformer ruptured at the Piti Power Plant on the United States Naval Base in Guam, releasing a variety of toxic chemicals. Appellant Bartolome Abuan and a similarly situated class of plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) sued General Electric Company (“GE”) and Monsanto Company (“Monsanto”) for injuries arising from the accident. The district court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs appeal from the grant of summary judgment, and Monsanto cross-appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of…