SENECA MEADOWS, INC. v. ECI LIQUIDATING, INC.

No. 95-CV-6400L.

121 F.Supp.2d 248 (2000)

SENECA MEADOWS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. ECI LIQUIDATING, INC., Defendants.

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

October 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Richman, Underberg & Kessler, Rochester, NY, Ronald G. Hull, Underberg & Kessler, Rochester, NY, for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Glanville, Kevin M. Hogan, Phillips Lytle Hitchcock Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, NY, for ECI Liquidating, Inc., Evans Chemetics, Inc., Evans Research and Development Corp., W.R. Grace and Co., Inc., W.R. Grace and Co.—Conn., Inc., defendants.

R. William Stephens, Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Stephens, Buffalo, NY, Craig A. Slater, Harter, Secrest and Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY, Angela M. Demerle, Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Fisher Body Division of General Motors Corp., Fisher Guide Division of General Motors Corp., General Motors Corporation, Hampshire Chemical Corp., defendants.

Craig A. Slater, Harter, Secrest and Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY, Angela M. Demerle, Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP, Buffalo, NY, for GTE Corporation, GTE Products Corp., GTE Sylvania, Inc., General Telephone and Elec. Corp., North American Philips Corporation, Osram Sylvania, Inc., Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., defendants.

Philip H. Gitlen, Michael G. Sterthous, Molly M.A. Brown, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, Albany, NY, for Gould Pumps, Inc., Gould Pumps (N.Y.) Inc., defendants.

Angela M. Demerle, Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Philips Electronics North America Corporation, defendant.

Richard A. Palumbo, Boylan, Brown, Code, Fowler & Wilson, Rochester, NY, for Sales Affiliates, Inc., defendant.

R. William Stephens, Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Stephens, Buffalo, NY, for Fisher Body Division of General Motors Corp., Fisher Guide Division of General Motors Corp., General Motors Corporation, counter-claimants.

Terry M. Richman, Underberg & Kessler, Rochester, NY, for Seneca Meadows, Inc., Macedon Homes, Inc., counter-defendant.

Robert E. Glanville, Phillips Lytle Hitchcock Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, NY, for Evans Chemetics, Inc., Evans Chemetics Division of Hampshire Chemical Corp., Evans Chemetics Division of W.R. Grace & Co., Inc., Hampshire Chemical Corp., W.R. Grace and Co., Inc., W.R. Grace and Co.—Conn., Inc., counter-claimants.

Robert E. Glanville, Phillips Lytle Hitchcock Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, NY, for Evans Chemetics, Inc., Evans Chemetics Division of Hampshire Chemical Corp., Evans Chemetics Division of W.R. Grace & Co., Inc., cross-claimant.

Richard A. Palumbo, Boylan, Brown, Code, Fowler, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP, Rochester, NY, for Zotos International, Inc., third-party defendant.


DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Seneca Meadows, Inc. ("SMI") and Macedon Homes, Inc. ("MHI") commenced this action in August 1995, asserting various causes of action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. Plaintiffs allege that the twenty-four named defendants were responsible...

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