GIBSON v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

Case No. 07-C-864.

750 F.Supp.2d 998 (2010)

Ernest GIBSON, Minor, by his guardian ad litem, Susan M. Gramling, and Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., Armstrong Containers, Inc., E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Millenium Holdings LLC, NL Industries, Inc., Atlantic Richfield Co., and The Sherwin Williams Co., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

November 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Orent , Michael G. Rousseau , Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI, Peter G. Earle , Law Offices of Peter Earle LLC, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs.

Beth Ermatinger Hanan , Daniel S. Elger , Ralph A. Weber , Gass Weber Mullins LLC, Chris J. Trebatoski , Weiss Berzowski Brady LLP, Jonathan J. Strasburg , Paul E. Benson , Nathaniel Cade, Jr. , Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Richard H. Porter , Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, James R. Clark , Trevor J. Will , Brian P. Keenan , Foley & Lardner LLP, James T. Murray, Jr. , Michael J. Wirth , J. Ryan Maloney , Peterson Johnson & Murray SC, William H. Levit, Jr. , Godfrey & Kahn SC, Jeffrey K. Spoerk , Quarles & Brady LLP, Cheri L. McCourt , Christopher G. Meadows , Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Elyse D. Echtman , Richard W. Mark , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Bruce R. Kelly , Philip H. Curtis , Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, Jeffrey K. Douglass , Robert P. Alpert , Hilary H. Houston , Morris Manning & Martin LLP, Altanta, GA, Timothy A. Bascom , Jacob A. Sosnay , Bascom Budish & Ceman SC, Wauwatosa, WI, Christian E. Henneke , Collin J. Hite , Jessica A. Brumberg , Jontille D. Ray , Lisa M. Danish , R. Trent Taylor , Virginia Leigh Hudson, Joy C. Fuhr , Steven R. Williams , McGuirewoods LLP, Richmond, VA, Cortney G. Sylvester , Courtney E. Ward-Reichard , Dana M. Lenahan , Michael T. Nilan , Nilan Johnson Lewis PA, Minneapolis, MN, Jennifer G. Levy , Karen McCartan Desantis , Michael D. Jones , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Timothy S. Hardy , Timothy Hardy PC, Andre M. Pauka , Donald E. Scott , Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Denver, CO, Anthony S. Baish , Godfrey & Kahn SC, Madison, WI, Daniel T. Flaherty , Godfrey & Kahn SC, Appleton, WI, Charles H. Moellenberg , Jennifer B. Flannery , Jerome J. Kalina , Paul Michael Pohl , Jones Day , Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

RUDOLPH T. RANDA, District Judge.

On June 15, the Court granted summary judgment for one of the defendants, Atlantic Richfield Company ("ARCO"). The Court held that the imposition of liability under the "risk contribution" rule adopted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Thomas ex rel. Gramling v. Mallett, 285 Wis.2d 236, 701 N.W.2d 523 (2005) would violate...

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