IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS

No. 00 MDL 1898 (SAS), No. 04 Civ. 3417 (SAS).

643 F.Supp.2d 439 (2009)

In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: City of New York, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor M. Sher, Esq., Todd E. Robins, Esq., Joshua G. Stein, Esq., Nicholas G. Campins, Esq., Marnie E. Riddle, Esq., Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, Susan E. Amron, Ramin Pejan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq., James Anthony Pardo, Esq., Stephen Joseph Riccardulli, Esq., Lauren Erica Handel, Esq., Inbal Paz, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery, New York, NY, for Defendant Exxon Mobil Corp.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2003, the City of New York (the "City") filed a Complaint against various corporations for their use and handling of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE"), alleging that MTBE contaminated—or threatened to contaminate—the City's groundwater.1 Defendant Exxon Mobil Corporation ("Exxon") now brings a motion...

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