Bodenstab et al v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. et al

Filing 120

STIPULATION and ORDER to Amend its Answer with consent of all parties signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart on 12/14/23 granting Defendant Saint Gobain Performance Plastics' request to amend and clarify its affirmative defenses as set forth herein. (khr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

IN RE: HOOSICK FALLS PFOA CASES

Case No. 1:19-mc-00018-LEK-DJS

EDWARD ANDRICK and LAURIE ANDRICK,
Plaintiffs,

Case No. 1:17-cv-1058-LEK-DJS

v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
DIANE BAMRICK, as an individual and in her
capacity as Executrix of the ESTATE OF EDWARD
BAMRICK, deceased,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-0225-LEK-DJS

BRYAN SCHROM, NICKOLAS SCHROM,
MARGARET SARGOOD, LISA TIFFT, and RUTH
TIFFT,

Case No. 1:16-cv-1367-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
DONALD BRADLEY,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0240-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
ARNOLD BULLINGER, TRAVIS CONQUEST, and
BRETT FERRARO,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-0954-LEK-DJS

TSUNGANI CLEMONS,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0236-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
ROBERT DECKER,

Case No. 1:20-cv-01141-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
JAMES DONAVAN,

Case No. 1:16-cv-0924-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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MARK DRISCOLL,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0231-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.
TIFFANY BACON, ROBERT HOLOVACH, and
TRACY HOLOVACH

Case No. 1:19-cv-0249-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
BRIDGET FOSTER,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0077-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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ARNOLD BULLINGER, individually and as Executor
of the ESTATE OF EDWARD FROMMER,

Case No. 1:16-cv-1063-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
LINDA GARDNER,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0246-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
CRYSTAL GATES,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0221-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.

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MELISSA GORMAN,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0200-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
BRANDON HARRINGTON, individual; S.H., a
minor, by his father and natural guardian Brandon
Harrington; and T.H., a minor, by his father and natural
guardian Brandon Harrington,

Case No. 1:18-cv-0152-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORPORATION,
Defendant.
SUE HICKEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS
EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN HICKEY,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:19-cv-0094-LEK-DJS

DOUGLAS and DEBRA HOLMSTEDT,
Case No. 1:16-cv-0933-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
MARY LUCEY,

Case No. 1:17-cv-1054-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
MARCUS MARTINEZ,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0098-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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DEREK MILLER,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0598-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
JOYCE MORIER, JAMES MORIER and KIMBERLY
MOORE,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0103-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
TARA MULLER,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0106-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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FRANK PERRELLI,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0239-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
JAY POKINES,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0232-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
R.M. BACON, LLC and MICHAEL BACON,

Case No. 1:17-cv-0441-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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QUINN RASMUS,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0238-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
KATHLEEN REECE,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0219-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.
BERNICE ROSENBERG and STANLEY
ROSENBERG,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0100-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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MANDA RUSSELL,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0107-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
LISA SCHNEIDER,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0083-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
RYAN SLOWEY,

Case No. 1:19-cv-0216-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.

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JENNY STONE,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0247-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
ANN SWEENER,

Case No. 1:17-cv-0532-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
IAN WEBBER, in his capacity as the Executor of the
ESTATE OF SEAN WEBBER,
Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:19-cv-0220-LEK-DJS

JUDITH WHITE,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0104-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
BEVERLY and ROGER WHITE,

Case No. 1:16-cv-0934-LEK-DJS

Plaintiffs,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.
KENNETH WICKENDEN,

Case No. 1:17-cv-1056-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT
NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO.,
Defendants.

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LORI WYMAN,
Case No. 1:19-cv-0215-LEK-DJS

Plaintiff,
v.
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION,
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL
LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY,
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY,
Defendants.

STIPULATION AND ORDER
WHEREAS Defendant Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. (“Saint-Gobain”) has
filed one or more answers and affirmative defenses in each of the above-captioned actions (the
“Actions”);
WHEREAS Saint-Gobain pleaded the following affirmative defense in each of the Actions:
Saint-Gobain denies any negligence, culpable conduct or liability on its part but, if
Saint-Gobain ultimately is found liable for any portion of Plaintiff’s alleged
damages, Saint-Gobain shall only be liable for its equitable share of Plaintiff’s
alleged damages;
WHEREAS Saint-Gobain seeks to amend and clarify its affirmative defenses in an efficient
and uniform manner;
WHEREAS, the Parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, consent to SaintGobain amending its pleadings as provided herein;
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby STIPULATED AND AGREED that the operative
answers of Saint-Gobain in each of the Actions shall be deemed to be amended and to set forth
affirmative defenses as follows:
Saint-Gobain denies any negligence, culpable conduct or liability on its part but, if
Saint-Gobain ultimately is found liable for any portion of Plaintiff’s alleged
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damages, Saint-Gobain shall only be liable for its equitable share of each Plaintiff’s
alleged damages, pursuant to Article 16 of the New York Civil Practice Law and
Rules.
and
Pursuant to Section 15-108 of the New York General Obligations Law and
applicable case law, insofar as any Plaintiff has given an individual or entity other
than Saint-Gobain a release from, covenant not to sue for, or covenant not to
enforce a judgment of liability for a purported injury that Saint-Gobain is ultimately
found liable therefor, that Plaintiff’s claim must be reduced (1) to the extent of the
amount stipulated by the release or covenant, (2) in the amount of the consideration
paid for the release or covenant, or (3) in the amount of the released individual’s or
entity’s equitable share of the damages under Article 14 of the New York Civil
Practice Law and Rules, whichever is greatest.
In each of the above-listed affirmative defenses, the reference to “Plaintiff” and “Plaintiff’s” shall
refer to “Plaintiffs” and “Plaintiffs’” in those Actions that assert claims by multiple Plaintiffs and,
in applicable cases, shall be inclusive of decedent estates.
All of the above is SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 14, 2023
Albany, New York
______________________________
Daniel J. Stewart
U.S. Magistrate Judge

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Dated: May 18, 2023

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Stephen G. Schwarz
Stephen G. Schwarz
Hadley E. Lundback
FARACI LANGE, LLP
1882 South Winton Road
Suite 1
Rochester, NY 14618
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

/s/ James L. Bilsborrow
James L. Bilsborrow
WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C.
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

/s/ David A. Engel
David A. Engel
GILCHRIST TINGLEY P.C.
251 River Street #201
Troy, New York 12180
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

/s/ Patrick J. Lanciotti
Patrick J. Lanciotti
NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC
360 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

/s/ Terrence McCartney
Terrence McCartney
Austin T. Osborn
MCCARTNEY STUCKY LLC
350 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Ste. 140
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Rye, New York 10580
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

/s/ Paul A. LaFata
Sheila L. Birnbaum
Mark S. Cheffo
Douglas E. Fleming, III
Paul A. LaFata
DECHERT LLP
Three Bryant Park
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Christopher Fenlon
HINCKLEY ALLEN
30 S. Pearl Street, Suite 901
Albany, NY 12207
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant Saint-Gobain Performance
Plastics Corporation

/s/ Jennifer Kwapisz
Elissa Preheim (pro hac vice)
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Jennifer Kwapisz
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
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Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant Honeywell International Inc.

/s/ Clinton T. Speegle
John M. Johnson
Lana A. Olson
Jeffrey P. Doss
Clinton T. Speegle
Meghan S. Cole
LIGHTFOOT, FRANKLIN & WHITE LLC
The Clark Building
400 20th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Benjamin W. Hill
CAPEZZA HILL, LLP
30 South Pearl Street, Suite P-110
Albany, NY 12207
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant E.I. Du Pont De
Nemours and Company
/s/ Andrew J. Calica
Andrew J. Calica
Whitney Suflas
MAYER BROWN LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant 3M Company

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