JOHN BOYD CO. v. BOSTON GAS CO.

Civ. A. No. 89-675-T.

775 F.Supp. 435 (1991)

JOHN BOYD CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOSTON GAS COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Alan Johnston and Richard L. Hoffman, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., for John Ryder, David Cohen, Rosalie Ryder, John Boyd Co., Inc. and Saul Gilberg.

James W. Stoll, Gerald Tishler, Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, and Lawrence E. McCormick, Boston Gas Co., Boston, Mass., for Boston Gas Co. and Eastern Fuel and Gas Associates.

Scott P. Lewis and Douglas A. Johns, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., for Massachusetts Elec. Co. and New England Elec. Systems.

Donald L. Anglehart, Paul J. Murphy and Duncan S. Payne, Cuddy, Lynch, Manzi & Bixby, Boston, Mass., for Lynn Economic Development, Lynn Economic Development Indus. Com.


MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

I

Introduction

The owners of several parcels of land in Lynn, Massachusetts ("Plaintiffs") allege that waste materials from a former coal gasification plant (the "Plant") have contaminated their property. Plaintiffs have alleged causes of action arising out of that contamination against five different entities that, directly or indirectly, owned either the Plant or portions of the former Plant...

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