Ross v. Conoco, Inc.

h COOKS, Judge.

This action was brought by the surviving family members of Daniel Ross and Clarence Landon against multiple defendants. The defendants are the employers of Ross and Landon (“the employer defendants”) and those whom the plaintiffs allege conspired with the employer defendants to cause Ross’s and Landon’s injuries (“the non-employer defendants”).

Factual and Procedural Background

Two suits were originally filed — one by the surviving family members of Ross and the other by the surviving family members of Landon — in April of 1997. The cases were consolidated in 1999 and styled as…