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In Re Liquid Carbonic Truck Drivers Chemical Poisoning Litigation

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided November 30, 1976No. 252PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

2Per curiam

This litigation consists of 35 actions pending in three districts: twenty-one in the Eastern District of Louisiana; eight in the Southern District of West Virginia; and six in the Western District of Louisiana. 1

Plaintiffs in these actions, with one exception, are several truck drivers formerly or presently employed by Liquid Carbonic Corporation who allege that they suffered chemical poisoning while hauling liquid carbon monoxide from Liquid Carbonic’s Geisman, Louisiana, plant to various chemical plants in the Eastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. A former…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pfizer, Inc., Defendants-Petitioners v. Honorable Miles W. Lord, United States District Judge, and State of Oregon, Plaintiffs-RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
  2. In Re National Airlines, Inc. Maternity Leave Practices & Flight Attendant Weight Program LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
  3. In Re Radiation Incident at Washington, Dc, Etc.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
  4. United States v. Union Pacific RailroadUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969

4Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Airport Car Rental Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978
  2. In Re Cenco Inc. Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977

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