U.S. v. KRAMER

Civ. A. No. 89-4340(JFG).

757 F.Supp. 397 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Helen KRAMER, et al., Defendants. v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, et al., Third Party Plaintiffs, v. A. MARIANNI'S SONS, INC., et al., Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

United States Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div. by Bernard P. Bell, Washington, D.C., U.S.E.P.A., Office of Regional Counsel by Rudolph S. Perez, and U.S. Atty. by Louis Bizzarri, Asst. U.S. Atty., Camden, N.J., for plaintiff, U.S.

Podvey, Sachs, Meanor & Catenacci by H. Curtis Meanor, Newark, N.J., and Shea & Gould by Norman W. Bernstein, New York City, for defendant, UNISYS Corp.

Connell, Foley & Geiser by Frank A. Lattal, Roseland, N.J., and Sidley & Austin by Langley R. Shook, Washington, D.C., for defendant, W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

Levin & Hluchan by Glenn A. Harris, Marlton, N.J., for defendant Atochem, Inc., and American Nat. Can Co.

Brown and Connery by Jane A. Lorber, Westmont, N.J., and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay by Louis A. Naugle, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant, NVF Co., Inc.

Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan by Richard F. Ricci, Roseland, N.J., for defendant, Olin Corp.

Deasey, Mahoney & Bender, Cherry Hill, N.J., for defendant, General Metalcraft, Inc.

Picco, Mack, Kennedy, Jaffe, Perrella & Yoskin by Kenneth H. Mack, Trenton, N.J. and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius by Denis V. Brenan, Michael R. Dillon, Kathleen R. Welsh, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant, ICI Americas Inc.

Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch by William Hyatt, David W. Payne, Morristown, N.J., for defendant, American Cyanamid Co., Continental Can Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., and Rohm and Haas Co.

Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. by Pamela Esterman, New York City, for defendant, N.L. Industries.

Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione by Ruth V. Rosenberg, Newark, N.J., for defendant, Cole Office Environments, Div. of Joyce Intern., Inc.

Archer & Greiner by Christopher R. Gibson, Haddonfield, N.J., for defendants, Morton Intern. Inc. and Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

Duane, Morris & Heckscher by Seth V.D.H. Colley, Medford, N.J., for defendant, The Gilbert Spruance Co.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker by Joseph T. Walsh, III, Newark, N.J., for defendant, Albert J. Mitchell.

Blackburn, Michelman & Tyndall by David F. Michelman, Cherry Hill, N.J., for defendant, Globe Disposal Co.

Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti by Dennis J. Krumholz, Andrew J. Perel, Morristown, N.J., for defendant, Nabisco, Inc.

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis by Marianne E. Brown, David G. Battis, James W. Gicking, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant, The Lehigh Press, Inc.

Robinson, St. John & Wayne by Lisa Agresti Carey, Newark, N.J., for defendant, Helen Kramer.

Michael N. Becci, Associate Corporate Counsel, Newton, Pa., for third party defendant, Standard Pressed Steel Co.

Fox and Fox by Gabriel H. Halpern, Newark, N.J., for third party defendant, Reagent Chemical & Research, Inc.

Katzenbach, Gildea & Rudner by Ezra D. Rosenberg, Lawrenceville, N.J., for third party defendant, Boeing Co., Vertol Div.

Caplan & Luber by Steven N. Yermish, Cherry Hill, N.J., for third party defendants, Simon Wrecking Co., Inc. and Mid-State Trading Co.

De Marco & Fiore, Hammonton, N.J., for third party defendant, United Asphalt Co., Inc.

Riesenburger & Kizner, Vineland, N.J., for defendant and third party plaintiffs, A. Marianni's Sons, Inc.

Durkin & Durkin by Thomas E. Durkin, Jr., Dennis A. Durkin, Newark, N.J., for third party defendant, Mayco Oil & Chemical Co.

Manta and Welge by Joel Schneider, Cherry Hill, N.J., for defendant, Rollins Environmental Services, (NJ) Inc.

Hannoch Weisman by A. Patrick Nucciarone, Roseland, N.J., for third party defendant, Bessemer (Kingsland).


OPINION

GERRY, Chief Judge:

This matter is before the court on plaintiff's Rule 12(f) motion to strike approximately 200 of nearly 300 affirmative defenses set forth in the answers of 16 of the now 29 defendants. Plaintiff, United States ("the Government"), brought this case pursuant to section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, to recover response costs expended at the Helen...

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