CHEMICAL WASTE MGT. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES

Civ. A. No. 85-1703.

669 F.Supp. 1285 (1987)

CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

September 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Barry M. Klayman, Franklin Poul, Bruce S. Katcher, Philadelphia, Pa., for Chemical Waste Management, Inc.

David D. Wilson, Lancaster, Pa., for Armstrong.

Lee W. Shelly, Holmdel, N.J., for CPS Chemical Co.

George A. Spohrer, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for Bridon American Corp.

John P. Campbell, Atlanta, Ga., for ITT Grinnell Corp.

Patrick W. Kittredge, Philadelphia, Pa., and Jeffrey G. Huvelle, Washington, D.C., for International Business Machines Corp.

Robert M. Britton, Philadelphia, Pa., for Apollo Metals, Inc.

Mitchell S. Pinsly, Mark N. Cohen, Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis, Sarowitz & Kraimer, Philadelphia, Pa., for Vineland Chemical Co.

David J. Griffin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Basf-American Corp., Basf Wyandotte Corp. and Basf America Corp.

Denis V. Brenan, Frank M. Thomas, Jr., Marc Durant, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pfizer, Inc.

Patrick T. Ryan, Philadelphia, Pa., for Federal Mogue Corp.

James A. Goodman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Ashland Chemical Co.

Richard M. Pearlman, Alder Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Pittsburg, Pa., J.W. Montgomery, III, J. Spencer Dreischarf, Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, Tex., for McGraw-Edison Co.

Frank A. Labor, III, Philadelphia, Pa., William N. Thee, Jr., Troy, Mich., for Armstrong World Ind. Inc., Bridon American Corp., ITT, Grinnell Corp., Federal-Mogul, Corp., Volkswagen of American Inc.

Edward M. Dunham, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Miller Marvin Dunham Doering Schreiber & Sloan, for Dabron Corp., Metzval Corp., Lyncott Corp., Lyncott Holdings, Inc., Park L. Metzger, Richard E. Valiga and Lee L. Metzger.

Barry M. Klayman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Waste Management, Inc. and S.C. Holding, Inc.


OPINION

CAHN, District Judge.

This action was brought under the liability provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9657 (1982).1 Plaintiff, Chemical Waste Management, Inc. ("Chem Waste"), seeks to recover "response costs"2 incurred or to be incurred as a result of the release or threatened release

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