Petition DENIED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 29, 2014.

Reply of petitioner GenOn Power Midwest, L.P. filed.

Brief of respondents Kristie Bell, and Joan Luppe in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Utility Air Regulatory Group filed.

Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Tort Reform Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 25, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2014)

Application (13A554) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 20, 2014.

Application (13A554) to extend further the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 21, 2014 to February 20, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito.

Application (13A554) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 21, 2014.

Application (13A554) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 22, 2013 to January 22, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito.

GenOn Power Midwest, L.P., Petitioner, represented by Peter D. Keisler

Kristie Bell, and Joan Luppe, Respondent, represented by Sean H. Donahue

Kristie Bell, et al., Respondent, represented by James E. DePasquale

American Tort Reform Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Victor E. Schwartz

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ryan Lee Bangert

DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Michael Weston

National Association of Manufacturers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard O. Faulk

Utility Air Regulatory Group, Amicus Curiae, represented by F. William Brownell