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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. ALLIS CHALMERS CORP.

No. 94-4834.

85 F.3d 1514 (1996)

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLIS CHALMERS CORP., Central Moloney, Inc., General Electric Co., Kuhlman Electric Co., McGraw Edison, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Hugh Lumpkin, Keith, Mack, Lewis, Cohen & Lumpkin, Miami, FL, William M. Martin, Peterson, Bernard, Vandenberg, Zei, Geisler & Martin, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Pepper's Steel and Alloys, Inc. and Norton Bloom.

Norman A. Coll, Harris C. Siskind, Coll, Davidson, Carter, Smith, Salter & Barkett, Miami, FL, for Florida Power & Light Co.

R. Benjamine Reid, Paul L. Nettleton, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Miami, FL, for Westinghouse Electric.

Jay M. Levy, Jay M. Levy, P.A., Miami, FL, for Allis Chalmers Corporation.

Herbert G. Sparrow, III, Detroit, MI, Maxine M. Long, Richard M. Lesile, Miami, FL, for Kuhlman Electric.

Thomas M. Burke, Chris N. Kolos, Lavinia K. Dierking, Edward L. White, III, Orlando, FL, for General Electric.

James M. Porter, Miami, FL, for McGraw Edison, Inc.

Richard Fred Lewis, Miami, FL, for RTE Corporation.

Andrew V. Showen, Christopher C. Skambis, Foley & Lardner, Orlando, FL, for Central Moloney.

Before HATCHETT and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case involving the liability of companies handling electrical transformers contaminated with a hazardous substance, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1990 (CERCLA), we affirm the district court.

FACTS

For more than forty years, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, General Electric Company, Allis-Chalmers Corporation, Central Moloney, Inc., Kuhlman Electric Company, McGraw...

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