ARTESIAN WATER CO. v. GOVT. OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 83-854-WKS.

605 F.Supp. 1348 (1985)

ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. The GOVERNMENT OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. LANDFILL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Material Transit, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Edgar Thomas Harvey, Edgar Thomas Harvey, Jr., W. Lawrence Knotts, Henry A. Twardus, William W. Saienni, Elmer D. Saienni, Salvatore J. Saienni, Dominic Cantera, Marian Cantera, Delaware Sand and Gravel Company, a Delaware corporation, Anita Dell Aversano, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph Dell Aversano, Vincent Dell Aversano, Marcella Dell Aversano, Stauffer Chemical Co., a Delaware corporation, Haveg Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Champlain Cable Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Angelo Terranova, Stanley J. Twardus & Sons, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and SCA Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

February 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Whittington, Jr., Whittington & Aulgur, Wilmington, Del., E. Barclay Cale, Jr., Frank M. Thomas, Jr., Annemiek N. Young, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

B. Wilson Redfearn, Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del., Michael A. Brown, George J. Weiner, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Sheppard, Washington, D.C., and Robert K. Beste, Jr., Charles H. Toliver, IV, Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, Del., for New Castle County.

Januar D. Bove, Jr., James M. Mulligan, Jr., Jeffrey B. Bove, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del., James F. Burger, Westport, Conn., David O. Bickart, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, D.C., for Stauffer Chemical Co.

Paul H. Spiller, Kimmel & Spiller, Wilmington, Del., for Landfill, Inc., Material Transit, William Saienni, Elmer Saienni and Salvatore Saienni.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., James F. Burnett, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for Haveg Industries, Inc. and Champlain Cable Corp.

F. Michael Parkowski, Bonnie M. Benson, Parkowski, Noble & Guerke, Dover, Del., for Delaware Sand & Gravel, and Anita Dell Aversano.

Paul S. Swierzbinski, Wilmington, Del., for Angelo Terranova.

John James Conly, Wilmington, Del., John F. Stoviak, Michael L. Krancer, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for SCA Services, Inc.

James McC. Geddes, Ashby, McKelvie & Geddes, Wilmington, Del., for E.T. Harvey.

Carl A. Agostini, Agostini & Little, Wilmington, Del., for Stanley Twardus & Sons.


OPINION

STAPLETON, Chief Judge:

This is an action brought by Artesian Water Company ("Artesian") against New Castle County ("County") pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, to recover costs incurred in providing alternative sources of drinking water for its customers. Artesian claims that since these costs have been and continue to be incurred as a direct...

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