March 25 2003 class action lawsuit filed
in Saginaw Circuit Court
August 20 2003 Saginaw judge allows
medical monitoring to proceed
October 3 2003 Dow files emergency appeal
to court of appeals to stay case while reconsidering medical
monitoring
October 29
2003 Court of appeals
refuses to hear Dow medical monitoring
appeal
December 11
2003
Dow files appeal to Michigan Supreme Court to appeal medical
monitoring
June 4 2004 Michigan Supreme
court agrees to hear Dow appeal on medical monitoring, stays property
damages/damages claim until medical monitoring is
resolved
October 6 2004 Oral arguments heard
in Supreme Court over medical monitoring
July 13 2005 Supreme Court rules
in favor of Dow, denying medical
monitoring
September 15 2005 Class certification
hearing in Saginaw Circuit court
October 21 2005 Judge Borrello
certifies class action lawsuit for property
damages/damages
December 7 2005 Michigan court of
appeals agrees to hear Dow's appeal of class certification, stays all
proceedings until an answer is rendered
March 21 2007 Michigan court of
appeals announces it will hear Dows appeal on May 7
2007
January 25 2008 Court of appeals grants
plaintiffs motion for class action
status
April 30 2008 Dow appeals to
Michigan Supreme court to reconsider class action certification in court of
appeals and circuit court
November 5 2008 One day after the
elections the Michigan Supreme
Court agrees to hear Dow appeal to deny class action status for Tittabawassee
River residents