Legal Opinion
Guillory v. PPG Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2005No. 04-31073PublishedCited by 823 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Louis Britt Guillo-ry and Stanley Milton Gims brought various state-law claims for injuries resulting from a chemical release of toxic and hazardous materials against PPG Industries, Inc. and various officers and employees of PPG: Richard Holliday, Terry Messenger, John Shamburger, and James Rock (collectively, “the individual defendants”). 1 Following removal on the basis that the individual defendants were' improperly joined to defeat diversity jurisdiction, the district court granted summary judgment, dismissing with prejudice…
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