IN RE PAOLI R.R. YARD PCB LITIGATION

Nos. 86-2229, 86-5277, 86-5886, 86-7414, 86-7417, 86-7418, 86-7561, 87-2874 and 87-5269.

811 F.Supp. 1071 (1992)

In re PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: Mabel BROWN v. SEPTA, et al. K. Louise JONES, et al. v. SEPTA, et al. James LAMENT v. SEPTA, et al. Christopher BROWN, et al. v. SEPTA, et al. Margherita BARBETTA v. SEPTA, et al. Mary Retta JOHNSON v. SEPTA, et al. John INGRAM, et al. v. SEPTA, et al. William BUTLER, et al. v. SEPTA, et al. Matthew CUNNINGHAM, et al. v. SEPTA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold E. Kohn, Robert A. Swift, Jeanne P. Wrobleski, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Joseph C. Kohn, Martin J. D'Urso, Kohn, Klein, Nast & Graf, P.C., Arnold E. Cohen, Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, John, Innelli, Rudolph, Seidner, Goldstein, Salmon, P.C., Laurence S. Berman, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, D. Bruce Hanes, Powell, O'Shea, Hanes & Minehart, Christopher S. Vaden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Environmental & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Mabel Brown.

Anthony Sherr, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Div., J. Steven Rogers, Christopher S. Vaden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Steven Engelmyer and James G. Sheehan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Philadelphia, PA, for U.S.

Roger F. Cox, C. Gary Wynkoop, Benjamin G. Stonelake, Jr., Wei Wei Chu, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, PA, for SEPTA.

Mary C. Smith, David Richman, Laurence Z. Shiekman, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for CONRAIL.

Richard Kraemer, Suzanne H. Gross, Mary L. Grad, Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis, Sarowitz and Kraemer, Philadelphia, PA, and Mary L. Grad, Associate Gen. Counsel, National R.R. Passenger Corp., Washington, DC, for Amtrak.

G. Daniel Bruch, Jr. and Jeffrey B. McCarron, Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, PA, Raymond Paschke, Westinghouse Elec. Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, David Craig Landin and Terrence M. Bagley, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, for Westinghouse Elec. Co.

R. Thomas McLaughlin, Jennifer Berke, Kelly, Harrington, McLaughlin & Foster, Philadelphia, PA, for the Budd Co.

Michael H. Malin, Kathy A. O'Neill, Thomas Goutman, James D. Shomper, John C. Keir, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Gerald H. Davidson, Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, Greensboro, NC, for Monsanto Co.

Harry A. Short, Jr. and Stephen M. McManus, Liebert, Short & Hirshland, Francis F. Quinn and John W. Vardaman, Philadelphia, PA, Sarah Duggin, Joseph G. Petrosinelli, David C. Kiernan and John W. Vardaman, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for General Elec. Co.

Timothy B. Barnard, Media, PA, for Roy F. Weston, Inc.

David G. Mandelbaum, Ballard, Spahr, Andrew & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for O.H. Materials Corp.

Robert A. Sutton, Asst. City Sol., City Solicitors Office, and Denise D. Colliers, Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia.

John J. Monsees, Blank, Rome, Cominsky & McCauley, Philadelphia, PA, for SEPTA and Penn Cent. Corp.

Charlotte E. Thomas, Arnold E. Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, for K. Louise Jones.

D. Bruce Hanes, Friedman & Hanes, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Christopher S. and Jacqueline Michell Brown.

Lauri Sussman Siegel, Zarwin, Baum, Resnick & Cohen, P.C., John Kohn, Martin J. D'Urso, Arnold Cohen, John Innelli and D. Bruce Hanes, Philadelphia, PA, for John Ingram, Sr., John Ingram, Jr., and Patricia and April Ingram.

Geoffrey L. Beauchamp, Norristown, PA, and Martin J. D'Urso, Arnold Cohen, John Innelli and D. Bruce Hanes, Philadelphia, PA, for William and Theresa Butler, Marvin L., Allen K., Karen R. and Donald E. Simpson and Bryan M. Jackson.

Harold E. Kohn, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, P.C., and Arnold E. Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, for James Lament.

D. Bruce Hanes, Friedman & Hanes, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Mary Retta Johnson and Margherita Barbetta.

Joseph C. Kohn, Philadelphia, PA, for Matthew and Bessie Cunningham.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERT F. KELLY, District Judge.

DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFFS' PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS

This Motion concerns nine Plaintiffs who allege damage to their properties from the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") in and around the Paoli Railyard (the "Yard") in Paoli, Pennsylvania. PCBs were an ingredient of the fire resistant dielectric fluid used in the electrical transformers attached to the underside...

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