PICCOLINI v. SIMON'S WRECKING

Civ. No. 86-1059.

686 F.Supp. 1063 (1988)

PICCOLINI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SIMON'S WRECKING, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

March 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Scanlon, Scranton, Pa., Bernd Heinze, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., Stephen Tasher and John Dean, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Washington, D.C., Ann Pepperman, McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, Pa., for Simon Wrecking et al.

Mark Cuker, Slap, Williams & Cuker, Philadelphia, Pa., David Cherundolo, Scranton, Pa., for Piccolini & Cherundolo.

Anthony J. Piazza, Tellie, Durkin, Weinberger, Murphy & Piazza, P.C., Scranton, Pa., Thos. Dent and M. Dolan, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., Thomas E. Styczen, Elmhurst, Ill., for Chamberlain Mfg. Corp.

N. Perrella and S. Picco, Greenstone and Sokol, Trenton, N.J., Mark N. Cohen, Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis, Sarowitz & Kraemer, Philadelphia, Pa., for S & W Waste, Inc.

Allen Ertel, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Williamsport, Pa., and J. Bradford McIlvain, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, Pa., for Avco, Corning Glass, Zenith, Const. Fast., Schultz Electroplating & Celotex.

Irwin Shur, Eastburn & Gray, Doylestown, Pa., for Masonite.

Frank Bolock, Miller, Cali, Cecchini & Bolock, Scranton, Pa., for Lacka Ref/Iacavazzi, N.E. Land.

John McLane, Scranton, Pa., Martin P. Olney, Washington, D.C., for Huller Lane & Hamilton Intern.

Richard Fine, Bialkowski, Fine & Bialkowski, Scranton, Pa., T. Garrett and R. DeSanti, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Proctor & Gamble.

Wm. Stanley Morton, Sr. Counsel, The Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

William Haggerty, Morgan, Hallgren, Crosswell & Kane, Lancaster, Pa., Spindel, Scott & Ricci, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, N.J., for Berkley Prod. & Rola Co.

Gary Gushard, T. Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., David Bunnel and Ralph Waechter, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Aluminum Co. of America.

Maida Rosenfeld Crane, Joseph P. Hart, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for GAF Corp.

William W. Warren, Scranton, Pa., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Dorothy Hammitt, S. Braver, T. Reed, L. Mead, Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for GTE Service/Products.

Donald Joseph and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for TRW, Inc. and Inland Pumping.

Lynn Clouser, Frank Thomas, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for Airco Carbon Div. Boc Group, Amp. Inc. and Fairchild Weston.

Jennifer Berke, Kelly, Harrington, McLaughlin & Foster, Philadelphia, Pa., for Rockwell Intern.

Michael Roth, Scranton, Pa., for Dana Corp.

John Ubinger, Jr., Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellotti, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Avery Intern. & Westinghouse.

Kevin Lucas and James Walker, Mannion, McDonough & Lucas, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Elliot Turbomachinery.

Susan LeGros and Lloyd Gelwan, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for Mack Trucks, Inc.

Wm. J. Taylor and Thos. Masterson, Taylor & Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa., for Champion Valley Farms.

Howard Spizer and Paul Ackourey, Spizer & Ackourey, Scranton, Pa., for Mercantile Financial.

Harry W. Reed, Jr., Bernerd A. Buzgon, Bradford H. Charles, Timothy J. Huber, Davis, Katz, Buzgon, Davis, Reed & Charles, Ltd., Lebanon, Pa., for N.Y. Wire Co.

Hershel Richman, Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Shiekman & Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Air Prod & Chem & Supelco.

E. Mitchell and R. Gray, Williamsport, Pa., for Piper Aircraft.

Joseph Donley and P. Kittredge, Kittredge, Kauffman & Donley, Philadelphia, Pa., for Westvaco Corp.

T. Bossert and E. Dougherty, McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, Pa., for Textile Chemical Co.

H. Wein and H. Klodowski, Berkman, Ruslander, Pohl, Lieber & Engel, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Centre Engineering.

Larry L. Yetter, Jennie M. Crowley, Theodore F. Craver, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Fitchburg CPA.

Donald K. Joseph, Mary Elizabeth Ward, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for RCA Corp.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CONABOY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This is an action brought in 1986 by the owners of properties adjacent to the Iacavazzi landfill, otherwise known as the Old Forge Landfill, in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, (hereinafter referred to as "Landfill"). The Plaintiffs allege that their property has been contaminated as a result of waste placed at the landfill. The complaint in this action seeks relief under the Comprehensive Environmental...

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