MATTER OF LOVE CANAL


92 A.D.2d 416 (1983)

In the Matter of Love Canal

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

April 1, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Alice Kryzan of counsel), for appellants.

Hurwitz & Fine, P. C. (Dan Kohane of counsel), for County of Niagara, appellant.

Stanley Grossman (Richard Berger of counsel), for respondents.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Beryl Kuder of counsel), for New York State Department of Health, intervenor-respondent.

HANCOCK, JR., J. P., CALLAHAN, DENMAN and BOOMER, JJ., concur.


SCHNEPP, J.

These lawsuits involve 600 separate unconsolidated actions and approximately 1,400 plaintiffs who claim to have suffered personal injuries as a result of exposure to chemicals escaping from the "Love Canal". For pretrial and discovery purposes the parties and the court have treated these actions under the caption "In Re Love Canal Actions". Defendants appeal from the denial of their joint motion for...

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