Legal Opinion
In Re 1994 Exxon Chemical Fire
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2009No. 07-30530PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
In this long-pending litigation arising out of a chemical fire in 1994 at Exxon Corporation’s chemical plant at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Plaintiffs-Appellants number over 16,000 persons, consolidated into 25 separate actions, and all involving actions removed from state court. Following five jury trials, and only on the basis of a removal issue, Appellants contest a 2007 take-nothing judgment against their personal-injury claims, allegedly resulting from the fire. All but one of the removed actions were filed in Louisiana state court; that one action, in…
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