SPEARS v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 5:12CV00202 JLH.

LEROY SPEARS, JR.; FRANK BOHANNON; ELLIS E. CARROLL; JIM JACKSON; WILLIE G. JOHNSON; McCLARY MERRITT; CLARENCE E. PUGH; and CHARLIE L. ROGERS, JR., Plaintiffs, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

July 25, 2012.


ORDER

J. LEON HOLMES, District Judge.

The plaintiffs bring this action pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., alleging that they were exposed to asbestos while employed by Union Pacific Railroad Company and, as a result, have developed an asbestos-related lung disease. Union Pacific has filed a motion to sever the claims of the individual plaintiffs. Union Pacific argues that the plaintiffs...

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