IN RE MTBE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Master File No. 1:00-1898. MDL No. 1358 (SAS). No. M21-88.

593 F.Supp.2d 540 (2008)

In Re: METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This document relates to: County of Suffolk, et al. v. Amerada Hess Corp. et al., 04 Civ. 5424.

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

May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Greenwald, Esq., Robert Gordon, Esq., Steven J. German, Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, for plaintiffs.

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq., James A. Pardo, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Groundwater is the only significant source of safe drinking water in Suffolk County, the easternmost county of Long Island, New York.1 The water comes from a complex system of underground aquifers made of porous sand and gravel formations.2 For thousands of years, these aquifers have collected water from rain,...

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