VIOLET v. PICILLO

Civ. A. No. 83-0787 P.

613 F.Supp. 1563 (1985)

Arlene VIOLET, In Her Capacity As Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island, Plaintiff, v. Warren V. PICILLO, Sr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan B. Squires, Office of Atty. Gen. of R.I., Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Leif Sigmond, pro se.

James H. Russell, Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, Fla., Richard Boren, Howard Lipsey, Providence, R.I., for Thiokil Corp.

Christopher Little, Providence, R.I., for Nat'l Starch Corp.

C. Russell Bengtson, Richard T. Linn, co-counsel, Providence, R.I., William G. Ballaine, Siff & Newman, New York City, for United Sanitation, Inc., Daniel Capuano, A. Capuano Bros., Inc., Jack Capuano, Sanitary Landfill, Inc. and Anthony Capuano.

A. Lauriston Parks, James T. Murphy, Providence, R.I., for Advanced Environmental Technology Corp.

Barbara S. Cohen, Anthony Muri, Providence, R.I., for Monsanto Co.

Gregory L. Benik, Providence, R.I., for Olin Corp.

Dominick Presto, Presto & Barbire, Rutherford, N.J., for Scientific Control Processing & Scientific Environmental Control Systems.

John F. Bomster, David J. Oliveira, Providence, R.I., for Hydron Lab.

Deming S. Sherman, Providence, R.I., for Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Rohm & Haas Co. and American Cyanamid Co.

Harriet Sims Harvey, Englewood, N.J., for Mack Barnes.

Alden C. Harrington, Providence, R.I., for Warren Picillo, Sr.

Harold E. Krause, Providence, R.I., for Michael Musillo.

Harold Hestnes, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., Benjamin B. White, III, Providence, R.I., for GAF.

John F. Dolan, Rice Dolan & Kershaw, Providence, R.I., for Rutgers University.

James Russell, Cleveland, Ohio, John Cuzzone, Jr., Providence, R.I., for Morton-Thiokol, Inc.


OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior Judge.

This is an action brought by the Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island to recover costs incurred by the state in cleaning up large quantities of toxic waste alleged to have been illegally dumped at the Picillo pig farm in Coventry, Rhode Island, as well as to collect damages for the impairment of the state's natural resources alleged to have been caused by this waste disposal. The state seeks relief pursuant...

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