PORT AUTHORITY OF N.Y. AND N.J. v. ARCADIAN CORP.

No. 96-CIV. 1635(WGB).

991 F.Supp. 390 (1997)

PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff, v. ARCADIAN CORPORATION, Hydro Agri North America, Inc., Dyno Nobel Inc. f/k/a Ireco Incorporated, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. McGuire, Marianne Espinosa Murphy, George G. Campion, Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, Newark, NJ, Samuel Pace, Jennifer Gallagher, Dugan, Brinkmann, Maginnis & Pace, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Richard S. Shapiro, Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal, Newark, NJ, Phillip T. Bruns, Gibbs & Bruns, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant Arcadian Corp.

Andrew T. Berry, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, John T. Montgomery, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for Defendant Hydro Agri North America, Inc.

Glenn A. Clark, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perreti, Morristown, NJ, for Defendant Dyno Nobel Inc.


OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge.

On February 26, 1993, terrorists detonated an explosive device (the "Device") under the World Trade Center, killing six, injuring many, and causing massive property damage. Alleging that the terrorists used Defendants' fertilizer products to construct the Device, Plaintiff Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the owner of the World Trade Center, seeks to recover damages from Defendants on theories of negligence...

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