Baker v. Ivester

BIGGS, Judge.

Plaintiffs are former employees, and spouses of former employees, of Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. (Fieldcrest). Defendant was employed by Fieldcrest as an industrial hygienist, from 1976 to 1997. In 1997, plaintiffs filed suit against defendant, four other Fieldcrest employees, and Fieldcrest, seeking damages for illness and injury caused by workplace exposure to asbestos. On 28 May 1998, the trial court divided the plaintiffs into four classes, designated A, B, C, and D. The present appeal involves only the Class C group: plaintiffs and spouses who (a) worked for Fieldcrest within…