U.S. v. NORTHERNAIRE PLATING CO.

No. G84-1113 CA7.

685 F.Supp. 1410 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NORTHERNAIRE PLATING CO., Willard S. Garwood and R.W. Meyer, Inc., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CADILLAC, Third-Party Defendant and Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. R.W. MEYER, Jr., R.W. Meyer Sr., Individually and d/b/a R.W. Meyer Construction Company, Fourth-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

May 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Oakley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Land and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Gezon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., Joel M. Gross, Land and National Resources Div., Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Babette J. Neuberger, Asst. Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Smith Haughey, Rice & Roegge by L. Roland Roegge, John M. Kruis, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant R.W. Meyer Inc.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan by Michael P. McCasey, Miles J. Murphy, Grand Rapids, Mich., Susan E. Morrison of Siudara, Rentrop, Martin & Morrison, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for Northernaire Plating and Willard S. Garwood.

Owen J. Cummings of Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C., Livonia, Mich., for third party defendant and the City of Cadillac; Robert P. Tremp, Traverse City, Mich., of counsel.


HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

The facts of this case are detailed in United States v. Northernaire Plating Co., 670 F.Supp. 742 (W.D. Mich.1987). In that opinion, this court found the original defendants Willard Garwood, Northernaire Plating Co. ("Northernaire"), and R.W. Meyer, Inc. ("Meyer") jointly and severally liable to plaintiff for the cost of removing hazardous substances from a site in northern Michigan under Section 107...

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