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Date: 01-27-2023
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Idris Merida, et al v. Olin Corporation
Case Number: 22-cv-358
Judge: Kristi K. DuBose
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Mobile County)
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Defendant's Attorney: Charles Michael Hearn
Description: Mobile, Alabama personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant alleging eight counts of various state-law tortious actions.
The parties litigated the case in state court for quite a while. Then, on August 10, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Restated Complaint, asserting the same eight counts previously alleged but alleging an additional four chlorine gas releases, occurring on August 11, 2020, October 28, 2020, October 16, 2020, and January 27, 2022, and increasing the number of named plaintiffs to 141.
The elements of a personal injury claim are: (1) Failure on the part of the Defendant to exercise due care, (2) damages and/or injuries caused to Plaintiff, and (3) a direct casual relationship between 1 and 2.
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Outcome: Remanded to the Circuit Court, Washington County, Alabama.
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