Plaintiffs Ask Court to Reconsider Motion to Remand

JACKSON, Miss. -- Plaintiffs disputing jurisdiction in a Mississippi benzene action filed a motion on April 3 asking the court to reconsider their efforts to remand the claims, pointing to five other cases in which federal courts granted motions to remand asserting 'identical' arguments as in the instant case. Fowler, et al. v. First Chemical Corp., et al., No. 05-16 (S.D. Miss.).

The plaintiffs specifically point the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to Bynum, et al. v. First Chemical Corp., et al., No. 05-0022 (S.D. Miss.) in which the judge found that the Federal Hazardous Substances …