STATE OF N.Y. v. BLANK

No. 88-CV-163.

820 F.Supp. 697 (1993)

The STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. Walter T. BLANK, Abalene Pest Control Service, Inc., and Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc., Defendants. Walter T. BLANK and Abalene Pest Control Service, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, New England Marine Contractors, Inc., Capital Mutual Insurance Co., and National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Third-Party Defendants. CAPITAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK MUTUAL UNDERWRITERS, Commercial Mutual Insurance Co., f/k/a/ the Cooperative Fire Insurance Company of Catskill, New York, Security Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Sterling Insurance Co., Fourth-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

May 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Albany, NY, for plaintiff; Maureen Leary, Dean S. Sommer, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel.

King & Spaulding, Atlanta, GA, for defendant Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc.; Charles H. Tisdale, Jr., Patricia T. Barmeyer, of counsel.

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Schenectady, NY, for defendant Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc.; Franklin H. Boldberger, of counsel.

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Albany, NY, for defendants & third-party plaintiffs Abalene Pest Control Serv., Inc. and Walter T. Blank; Margaret J. Gillis, Jean Gerbini, Philip H. Gitlen, of counsel.

Sheft Wright & Sweeney, New York City, for third-party defendant National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA; David Holmes, Peter I. Sheft, of counsel.

Smith Sovik Kendrick Schwarzer & Sugnet, Syracuse, NY, for third-party defendant National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA; William Sugnet, of counsel.

Hancock and Estabrook, Syracuse, NY, for third-party defendant and fourth-party plaintiffs Capital Mut. Ins. Co.; Alan J. Pierce, of counsel.

Bouck, Holloway, Kiernan and Casey, Albany, NY, for fourth-party defendant New York Mut. Underwriters; Thomas O'Connor, Michael J. Lonergan, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Senior District Judge.

New York State commenced this action in February, 1988, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Liability and Compensation Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), various New York State environmental statutes, and state common law. The State alleges in pertinent part that between 1972 and 1986, defendants/third-party plaintiffs Abalene Pest Control Service ("Abalene") and Walter T. Blank illegally...

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