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.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 13, 2008.
May 13, 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 and Counsel for Defendant ExxonMobil.
Alan J. Hoffman, Esq., Jeffrey S. Moller, Esq., Jerry D. Bernstein, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Lyondell Chemical Company and Equistar Chemicals LP.
Robert F. Redmond, Jr., Esq., Clement D. Carter, Esq., Gray B. Broughton, Esq., Williams Mullen, P.C., Richmond, VA, for Defendant Giant Yorktown, Inc.
M. Coy Connelly, Esq., Julia K. Huff, Esq., Amy E. Parker, Esq., Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendant TOTAL Petrochemicals.
Susan Millington Campbell, Esq., Michael D. Tiger, Esq., Maria Termini, Esq., Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Irving Oil Limited and Irving Oil Corporation.
Ben M. Krowicki, Esq., Cynthia M. Guizzetti, Esq., Bingham McCutchen LLP, Hartford, CT, for Defendant Crown Central LLC.
John McGahren, Esq., Daniel F. Mulvihill, Esq., Patton Boggs LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Getty Properties Corporation.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
Methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE") is a gasoline additive that has contaminated groundwater throughout the United States, primarily as a result of leaking underground storage tanks ("USTs"). Because MTBE "dissolves and spreads readily in the groundwater ... resists biodegradation, and is difficult and costly to remove from groundwater," it "has caused widespread and...
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