IN RE METHYL TERT. BUTYL ETHER PRODUCTS LIAB. LIT.

Nos. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358(SAS), M21-88.

438 F.Supp.2d 305 (2006)

In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This document relates to: Basso, et al. v. Sunoco, Inc., et al., 03 Civ. 9050. Tonneson, et al. v. Sunoco, Inc., et al., 03 Civ. 8248.

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

June 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Axline, Esq., Duane Miller, Esq., Miller, Axline & Sawyer, San Francisco, CA, John A. Sarcone, Esq., The Sarcone Law Firm PLLC, White Plains, NY, for Tonneson Plaintiffs.

Robin Greenwald, Esq., Robert Gordon, Esq., C. Sanders McNew, Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs.

John S. Guttman, Esq., Daniel M. Krainin, Esq., Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., New York, NY, for Sunoco, Inc. and Sunoco, Inc (R & M).

Anthony A. Bongiorno, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq., James A. Pardo, Esq., Stephen J. Riccardulli, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, Liaison Counsel for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek relief from contamination, or threatened contamination, of groundwater from various defendants' use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE") and/or tertiary butyl alcohol ("TBA"), a product that is formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. On February 16, 2006, Sunoco, Inc. and Sunoco, Inc. (R & M) ("Sunoco"), defendants in the above-captioned actions...

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