GOOD v. AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

Civil Action No. 2:14-01374.

CRYSTAL GOOD, individually and as parent and next friend of minor children M.T.S., N.T.K. and A.M.S. and MELISSA JOHNSON, individually and as parent of her unborn child, MARY LACY and JOAN GREEN and JAMILA AISHA OLIVER, WENDY RENEE RUIZ and KIMBERLY OGIER and ROY J. McNEAL and GEORGIA HAMRA and MADDIE FIELDS and BRENDA BAISDEN, d/b/a FRIENDLY FACES DAYCARE, and ALADDIN RESTAURANT, INC., and R. G. GUNNOE FARMS LLC, and DUNBAR PLAZA, INC., d/b/a DUNBAR PLAZA HOTEL, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC., and AMERICAN WATER WORKS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., and EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY and WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, d/b/a WEST VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER, and GARY SOUTHERN and DENNIS P. FARRELL, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston.

April 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crystal Good, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE.

Melissa Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

T.A.J., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Joan Green, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Summer Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Mary Lacy, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Wendy Renee Ruiz, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Kimberly Ogier, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Roy J. McNeal, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Georgia Hamra, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Maddie Fields, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Brenda Baisden, 2:14-cv-11011, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT & David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY.

Aladdin Restaurant, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

R.G. Gunnoe Farms LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

Dunbar Plaza, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Dunbar Plaza, Inc. , Alexander D. McLaughlin , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, D. Christopher Hedges , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, David R. Barney, Jr. , THOMPSON BARNEY, John Patrick L. Stephens , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Kevin W. Thompson , THOMPSON BARNEY, M. Timothy Koontz , Mark F. Underwood , UNDERWOOD & PROCTOR LAW OFFICES, Michael J. Del Giudice , CICCARELLO DEL GIUDICE & LAFON, Michael G. Stag , SMITH STAG, P. Rodney Jackson , LAW OFFICE OF P. RODNEY JACKSON, Sean Cassidy , SMITH STAG, Stephen H. Wussow , SMITH STAG, Stuart Calwell , THE CALWELL PRACTICE, Stuart H. Smith , SMITH STAG, Timothy J. LaFon , CICCARELLO DELGIUDICE & LAFON & Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT.

American Water Works Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS, Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY & L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY.

American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS, Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY & L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY.

Eastman Chemical Company, Defendant, represented by Lance D. Leisure , BLANK ROME, Marc E. Williams , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Melissa Foster Bird , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, Robert L. Massie , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH & Robert Scott , BLANK ROME.

West Virginia-American Water Company, 2:14-cv-11011, Defendant, represented by Albert F. Sebok , JACKSON KELLY, Alton Kent Mayo , BAKER BOTTS, Brian R. Swiger , JACKSON KELLY, L. Jill McIntyre , JACKSON KELLY, Laurie K. Miller , JACKSON KELLY, Robert O. Passmore , JACKSON KELLY, Steven L. Leifer , BAKER BOTTS & Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. , JACKSON KELLY.

Gary Southern, 2:14-cv-11011, Defendant, represented by Erin J. Webb , KAY CASTO & CHANEY, Luci R. Wellborn , KAY CASTO & CHANEY, Pamela C. Deem , KAY CASTO & CHANEY & Robert B. Allen , KAY CASTO & CHANEY.

Dennis P. Farrell, Defendant, represented by David R. Pogue , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER, Michael W. Carey , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER & S. Benjamin Bryant , CAREY SCOTT DOUGLAS & KESSLER.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Pending is the motion by American Water Works Company, Inc. ("American"), to dismiss, filed January 7, 2015.

American is the parent company of defendants American Water Works Service Company, Inc. ("Service Company") and West Virginia-American Water Company ...

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