O'NEIL v. PICILLO

Civ. A. No. 83-0787 P.

682 F.Supp. 706 (1988)

James E. O'NEIL, In his Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island v. Warren V. PICILLO, Sr., et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

March 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Warren Picillo, Jr., pro se.

James H. Russell, Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, Fla., John Cuzzone, Jr., Richard Boren, Howard Lipsey, Providence, R.I., for Morton-Thiokol Corp.

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

Leif Sigmond, pro se.

S. Paul Ryan, Providence, R.I., William G. Ballaine, Siff & Newman, New York City, C. Russell Bengtson, Richard T. Linn, Providence, R.I., 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., American Cyanamid Co.

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

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, Dean Temkin, Willey & Leroy, Providence, R.I., Richard Ricci, Roseland, N.J., for Rutgers University.

John Baglini, Providence, R.I., for M & T Chemicals.

Richard Galli, Providence, R.I., for Hydron Laboratories, Inc.

Robert Canty, Csaplar & Bok, Boston, Mass., for Hercules Inc.

Charles D. Wick, Providence, R.I., for Mack Barnes.


OPINION

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

The State of Rhode Island ("State") seeks to hold the defendants jointly and severally liable for one million six hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty cents ($1,613,437.30) it expended in cleaning up a hazardous waste site in Coventry, Rhode Island known as the Picillo Pig Farm; it also asks this Court to declare that the defendants...

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