IN RE TUTU WELLS CONTAMINATION LITIGATION

Master No. 1989-107. Civ. Nos. 89-220, 89-224.

885 F.Supp. 776 (1995)

In re TUTU WELLS CONTAMINATION LITIGATION. Rhoda J. HARTHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Defendants. ESSO STANDARD OIL, S.A., LTD., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. LAGA INDUSTRIES, LTD., et al., Third-Party Defendants. FOUR WINDS PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff, v. TEXACO CARIBBEAN, INC., et al., Defendants. ESSO STANDARD OIL, S.A., LTD., Counter-claimant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. LAGA INDUSTRIES, LTD., et al., Third-Party Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John.

April 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Knoepfel, Briggs, Knoepfel & Ronca, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI and Thomas H. Hart, III, Alkon, Rhea & Hart, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. VI, for PID-Harthmans.

John K. Dema, Carey-Anne Moody, Law Offices of John K. Dema, P.C., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. VI, and Darren Defoe, Waterford, ME, for Four Winds Plaza Partnership.

Addison J. Meyers, Mary Hoerber, Law Offices of O'Connor & Lemos, Coral Gables, FL and Edgar Christensen, Law Offices of R. Eric Moore, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. VI, for Texaco, Inc., Texaco Caribbean, Inc.

Robert T. Lehman, William J. O'Kane, Christopher Gibson, Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield, NJ and Douglas L. Capdeville, Christiansted, St. Croix VI, for Esso Standard Oil, S.A., Ltd., Esso Virgin Islands, Inc., and Esso Standard Oil, Co. (P.R.).

Kell M. Damsgaard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA and Richard E. Daley, Law Offices of Pattie & Daley, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. VI, for Exxon Corp.

John A. Zebedee, Law Offices of James L. Hymes, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for Vernon Morgan.

Francis E. Jackson, Jr., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for Daniel Bayard.

Carol Ann Rich, Campbell, Arellano & Rich, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for Ramsay Motors, Inc.

Nancy D'Anna, Cruz Bay, St. John, U.S. VI, and Patricio Martinez Lorenzo, Hato Rey, PR, for L'Henri, Inc.

Richard G. Leland, David Slossberg, Law Offices of Rosenman & Colin, New York City and Kevin A. Rames, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. VI, for Paul Lazare, Andreas Gal, The Duplan Corporation, Laga Industries, Ltd., Panex Industries, Inc., and Panex Co.

John R. Coon, Law Office of John R. Coon, Gallows Bay, St. Croix, U.S. VI, for Western Auto.

Ralda V. Simmonds, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for Virgin Islands Housing Authority.

George Marshall Miller, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for Thomas A. Gassett G.S. Industries, Inc.

Rosalie Simmonds Ballantine, Atty. Gen. for VI by Henry Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Virgin Islands Dept. of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for V.I. Dept. of Educ.

Katherine E. Harsch, Bornn, Bornn, Handy & Rashid, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. VI, for Siegfried Torinus and Waltrad Torinus.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BROTMAN, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

This matter is before the court on the application of the Movants, the Esso Defendants, Ramsay Motors, Inc., Texaco Caribbean, Inc., Vernon Morgan and Western Auto for an Order enjoining Panex Industries, Inc., Paul Lazare, The Panex Industries, Inc. Shareholders Liquidating Trust (the "Trust") and the Trustees of the Panex Industries Inc. Shareholders Liquidating Trust from disbursing assets...

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