CITY OF BURNSVILLE v. KOPPERS, INC.

Case Nos. 18-cv-3495-JNE-KMM, 18-cv-3496-JNE-KMM, 18-cv-3497-JNE-KMM, 18-cv-3498-JNE-KMM, 18-cv-3501-JNE-KMM, 18-cv-3503-JNE-KMM, 18-cv-3509-JNE-KMM, 19-cv-58-JNE-KMM, 19-cv-119-JNE-KMM, 19-cv-916-JNE-KMM

City of Burnsville, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Eden Prairie, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Maple Grove, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of White Bear Lake, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Minnetonka, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Bloomington, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Golden Valley Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Eagan, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of Apple Valley, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants, City of St. Cloud, Plaintiff, v. Koppers, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

June 14, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Product Liability
Nature of Suit: 240 Torts to Land
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

City of St. Cloud, Minnesota, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel R. Shulman , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Edan Rotenberg , pro hac vice, Janet C. Evans , Gray Plant Mooty, Nancy Christensen , Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., pro hac vice & Robin Lynn Greenwald , Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., pro hac vice.

Koppers Inc. & Beazer East, Inc., Defendants, represented by D. Scott Aberson , Maslon LLP, Michael C. McCarthy , Maslon LLP, Robert L. Shuftan , Steptoe & Johnson, pro hac vice & Steven L. Schleicher , Maslon LLP.

Ruetgers Canada Inc., Defendant, represented by Christina M. Carroll , Dentons US LLP, pro hac vice, Kari S. Berman , Cozen O'Connor, Mark A. Jacobson , Cozen O'Connor & Tami Lyn Azorsky , Dentons US LLP, pro hac vice.

Stella-Jones Corp., Defendant, represented by Brenton David Dwerlkotte , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L. L. P., pro hac vice, Christopher W. Madel , Madel PA, John K. Sherk, III , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L. L. P., pro hac vice, Mark Anstoetter , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L. L. P., pro hac vice & Matthew J.M. Pelikan , Madel PA.

Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation, Defendant, represented by Andrew W. Davis , Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Kadee Jo Anderson , Stinson LLP, Kevin P. Kitchen , Stinson LLP & Micah Revell , Stinson Leonard Street.

Lone Star Specialty Products, LLC, Defendant, represented by Joel M. Muscoplat , Meagher & Geer PLLP, Julia J. Nierengarten , Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P. & Robert L. Graff , Meagher & Geer, PLLP.

Bonsal American, Inc., Defendant, represented by Lisa Lamm Bachman , Foley & Mansfield.

Specialty Technology and Research, Inc., Defendant, represented by Elizabeth L. Taylor , Gregory J. Young , Goetz & Eckland P.A. & Michael S. Rowley , Goetz & Eckland P.A.

Vance Brothers, Inc., Defendant, represented by Randall J. Pattee , Fox Rothschild LLP.

The Brewer Company, Defendant, represented by Cheryl A. Hood Langel , McCollum Crowley Moschet Miller & Laak, Ltd., Daniel J. Singel , McCollum Crowley Moschet Miller & Laak & Robert L. McCollum , McCollum Crowley Moschet, Miller & Laak, Ltd.


ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL CONSOLIDATION

The cases captioned above were filed by ten Minnesota cities ("the Cities") against manufacturers and refiners of coal tar products that have allegedly contaminated stormwater ponds, requiring the Cities to incur increased disposal costs. On May 28, 2019, the Court...

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