Dwight D. Mathews Charles N. Hord Bill Buchanan Everett M. Miller Albert Munn Tommie Lee Rush, and Issiah Milton Leroy P. Bateman Otis C. Joiner Ernest L. Oliver Fred Smith Carolyn Whatley Raul Tovar Ronald Morton Thomas Moungovan Jesse Ronald Carlock Joseph S. Piazza Daniel J. Dreesman Milan Jerome Rapo, Sr. v. Chevron Corporation, Dwight D. Mathews Otis C. Joiner Ernest L. Oliver Raul Tovar Bill Buchanan Joseph S. Piazza Everett M. Miller Albert Munn Tommie Lee Rush Milan Jerome Rapo, Sr., and Issiah Milton Leroy P. Bateman Fred Smith Carolyn Whatley Charles N. Hord Ronald Morton Thomas Moungovan Jesse Ronald Carlock Daniel J. Dreesman v. Chevron Corporation

362 F.3d 1172 Dwight D. MATHEWS; Charles N. Hord; Bill Buchanan; Everett M. Miller; Albert Munn; Tommie Lee Rush, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Issiah Milton; Leroy P. Bateman; Otis C. Joiner; Ernest L. Oliver; Fred Smith; Carolyn Whatley; Raul Tovar; Ronald Morton; Thomas Moungovan; Jesse Ronald Carlock; Joseph S. Piazza; Daniel J. Dreesman; Milan Jerome Rapo, Sr., Plaintiffs, v. CHEVRON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Dwight D. Mathews; Otis C. Joiner; Ernest L. Oliver; Raul Tovar; Bill Buchanan; Joseph S. Piazza; Everett M. Miller; Albert Munn; Tommie Lee Rush; Milan Jerome Rapo, Sr., Plaintiffs, and Issiah Milton; Leroy P. Bateman; Fred Smith; Carolyn Whatley; Charles N. Hord; Ronald Morton; Thomas Moungovan; Jesse Ronald Carlock; Daniel J. Dreesman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chevron Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 02-15936. No. 02-16209. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 14, 2003. Filed March 26, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Howard Shapriro, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, New Orleans, LA, for the defendant-appellant/appellee. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh, Groton,…