GOULD INC. v. A & M BATTERY & TIRE SERVICE

No. 3 CV-91-1714.

933 F.Supp. 431 (1996)

GOULD INC., Plaintiff, v. A & M BATTERY & TIRE SERVICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

July 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Suplee, Diana S. Donaldson, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Jacob P. Hart, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Mark A. Lockett, Philadelphia, PA, John M. Armstrong, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Gould, Inc.

Donald B. Mitchell, Jr., Laurel A. Bedig, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for Alexandria Scrap Corporation.

Eugene E. Dice, Harrisburg, PA, for American Scrap Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, for Amsource (Penn Iron & Metal), Capitol Iron & Steel Co., Inc., Garbose Metal, I. Shulman & Son Co., Inc., I. Solomon Metal Co., Inc., J. Sepenuk & Sons, Inc., Liberty Iron & Metal Co., Inc., Louis Cohen & Son Inc., Mongomery Iron & Metal Co., P. Jacobson, Inc., P.K. Scrap Metal Co., Pascap Co., Inc., Penn Harris Metals Corp., Riegel Scrap & Salvage, Weiner Iron & Metal Corp.

Kevin M. Young, Young Stockli & Rowe, Albany, NY, Kristin Carter Rowe, Young Stockli & Rowe, Albany, NY, for B. Millens & Sons, Inc., Cousins Metal, Elman Recycling Co., Louis Kutz & Son.

Michael L. Krancer, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, PA, for Bristol Metal Co., Inc.

Howard A. Rubenstein, Adelberg Rudow Dorf Hendler & Sameth, Baltimore, MD, for Brock's Scrap & Salvage.

Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, for Brookfield Auto Wreckers, Inc.

Donald H. Brobst, Wilkes Barre, PA, for Brookfield Metal Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, William A. Denman, Dover, DE, for Capitol Scrap Iron & Metals.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Howard J. Wein, Klett Lieber Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, Paul A. Supowitz, Klett Lieber Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, Hal K. Haveson, Haveson, Otis & Potter, Princeton, NJ, for Charles Bluestone Co., Inc.

K. William Clauson, Clauson Smith Whelan Law Offices, Hanover, NH, for Claremont Metal & Paper Stock.

Donald B. Mitchell, Jr., Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for Clinton Metal Co., Waldorf Metal Co., Marjol Site Prep Group.

Mark Norman Cohen, Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis, Sarowitz & Kraemer, Philadelphia, PA, for Commercial Iron & Metal Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Mark Norman Cohen, Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis, Sarowitz & Kraemer, Philadelphia, PA, for Crestwood Metal Corp.

Kevin M. Walsh, Wilkes Barre, PA, for Exeter Metals Co.

Joseph R. Solfanelli, Scranton, PA, for Gelb & Co., Inc.

Edward L. Paul, Weinberg and McCormick, Haddonfield, PA, for Giordano Waste Material Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Mark R. Rosen, Jodi B. Isenberg, Mesirov Gelman Jaffe Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, PA, for B. Millens & Sons Inc.

Steven J. Eisenstein, Roseland, NJ, for Harry Goldberg & Sons.

Ithaca Scrap Processors, Ithaca, NY, Pro Se.

David A. Rockman, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, NJ, for J & J Metals Inc.

Steven E. Snow, Providence, RI, for J. Broomfield & Son, Inc.

Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr., Harrisburg, PA, for Joe Krentzman & Sons.

Edward J. Tolchin, Fettman & Tolchin, Fairfax, VA, Richard Brickwedde, Green & Seifter, Syracuse, NY, for Josh Steel Co.

Richard J. Lippes, Allen, Lippes & Shonn, Buffalo, NY, for Lake Erie Recycling.

Michael Walter Flannelly, Morgan and Flannelly, York, PA, for Larami Metal Co.

Burton D. Tanenbaum, Glenn E. Pezzulo, Culley, Marks, Tanenbaum, Reifsteck, Potter & Capell, Rochester, NY, for Lyell Metal.

Meyer-Saba Metal Co., James Saba, Sr., Kingston, PA, Pro Se.

Stanley P. DeGory, Bonya & Douglass, Indiana, PA, for Morgan Highway Auto Parts.

Donald H. Brobst, Wilkes Barre, PA, for Newburgh Scrap Co.

Daniel A. DeRose, Kehoe & DeRose, Olean, NY, Richard Brickwedde, Green & Seifter, Syracuse, NY, for Olean Steel Sales & Service.

Pascap Co., Inc., Anthony J. Capasso, New York City, Pro Se.

Andrea R. Moore, Buffalo, NY, Christine M. Megna, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo, NY, for R & R Salvage Inc.

Richard Brickwedde, Green & Seifter, Syracuse, NY, for Roth Brothers Smelting Corp.

Thomas E. Starnes, Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Robert N. Steinwurtzel, Swidler & Berlin, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Roth Steel Corporation.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Marc E. Kasowitz, Jack Atkin, Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York, NY, Susan M. Lee, Kasowitz Hoff Benson Torres & Fiedman, New York, NY, for S. Kasowitz & Sons, Inc.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, John R. Embick, Kittredge & Donley, Philadelphia, PA, for Sam Kaufman & Son Metals Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Sidney Manes, Green & Seifter, Attorneys, P.C., Syracuse, NY, for Timpson Salvage Co., Wallace Steel Inc.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, for United Metal Traders, Inc.

Morgan G. Graham, Buffalo, NY, for Weinstein & Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Wilkes Barre, PA, Joseph G. Ferguson, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes Barre, PA, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Paul H. Rothschild, Springfield, MA, for William F. Sullivan & Co.

Donald H. Brobst, Robert D. Schaub, Robert N. Gawlas, Jr., Wilkes Barre, PA, Gary M. Fremerman, Kelley Drye & Warren, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Steinway, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Washington, DC, for Wimco Metals, Inc.

Richard H. Friedman, Harrisburg, PA, for Joint Defense Group.

James A. Humphreys, III, Michael W. Davis, Barley Snyder Senft & Cohen, Lancaster, PA, for Micro Group.

Michael H. Malin, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Robert Toland, II, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, for White & Williams Defense Group.

Richard Brickwedde, Green & Seifter, Syracuse, NY, for Marjol Site De Minimus Scrapdealers Group.

Kelly H. Scoffield, Harry B. Wright, Exxon Company, U.S.A., Houston, TX, for Exxon, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CONABOY, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Gould's motion for partial summary judgment against certain defendants.1 Gould moves for partial summary judgment against the battery supplier defendants on the basis that each defendant arranged for the disposal or treatment of a hazardous substance at the site at which Marjol and Gould operated a battery-breaking and lead-reclamation...

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