Rodriguez
Rodriguez v. United Airlines, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hamilton, J.
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS
Defendants’ motions to dismiss the first amended complaint came on for hearing before this court on November 20, 2013. Plaintiffs appeared by their counsel Thomas F. Friedberg; defendant United Airlines, Inc. appeared by its counsel Michael L. Fox; and defendant Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc. appeared by its counsel Jeffrey G. Jacobs. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, the court hereby GRANTS the motions as follows.
BACKGROUND
In this personal injury case, plaintiffs Ron Rodriguez, Lawrence McClarty, Martin Dergen, Tony Cappabianca, Romulado Alvarez, Eric Driggs, Randy Maddox, Brian Sullivan, John Cho, Donald Hegelsen, Roy Jensen, John Ross, and Steve Lewan-dowski filed suit against defendants United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) and Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc. (“Leading Edge”) in May 2013. Plaintiffs allege that they were injured in the workplace by exposure to hexavalent chromium.
Defendants removed the case to this court, asserting jurisdiction based on federal defenses, and then moved to dismiss the original complaint for failure to state a claim. The court…