William Brown and Nancy Brown v. Dow Chemical Company and Shell Chemical Company

HARPER, Senior District Judge.

Appellants are William and Nancy Brown (hereinafter appellants.) They sued Dow Chemical Company (hereinafter Dow) and Shell Chemical Company (hereinafter Shell) in strict liability and negligence arising out of the exposure of William Brown (hereinafter Brown) at his place of employment to the chemical compound dibromo-chloropropane (hereinafter DBCP). Appellants allege that Brown’s exposure to DBCP rendered him sterile. Appellants base their claims against Dow and Shell (referred to collectively as appellees) on the ground that appellees are co-holders of…