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IN RE TUTU WELLS CONTAMINATION LITIGATION

No. 1989-107, Civ. Nos. 89-220, 89-224.

846 F.Supp. 1243 (1993)

In re TUTU WELLS CONTAMINATION LITIGATION Rhoda J. HARTHMAN, Charlotte A. La Barre, Albert E. Harthman, Arthur E. Harthman, Austin E. Harthman, Edgar A. Harthman, Sammy E. Harthman and P.I.D., Inc. Water Services Limited, and Tutu Services, Limited, Plaintiffs, v. TEXACO, INC., Texaco Caribbean, Inc. Vernon Morgan, Esso Standard Oil, S.A., Ltd., Daniel Bayard, Exxon Corporation, Esso Virgin Islands, Inc., Esso Standard Oil Company (Puerto Rico), the Duplan Corporation, Laga Industries, Ltd., Panex Co., Paul Lazare and Andreas Gal, Defendants. ESSO STANDARD OIL, S.A., LTD., Texaco Caribbean, Inc., Vernon Morgan, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. LAGA INDUSTRIES, LTD., Duplan Corporation, Panex Company, Paul Lazare and Andreas Gal, L'Henri, Inc., Ramsay Motors, Inc., Third-Party Defendants. FOUR WINDS PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff, v. TEXACO CARIBBEAN, INC., Vernon Morgan, Esso Standard Oil, S.A., Ltd., Daniel Bayard, Exxon Corporation, Esso Virgin Islands, Inc., The Duplan Corporation, Laga Industries, Ltd., Panex Industries, Inc., Panex Co., Paul Lazare, and Andreas Gal, Defendants. ESSO STANDARD OIL, S.A., LTD., Counter-claimant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. LAGA INDUSTRIES, LTD., Duplan Corporation, Panex Company, Paul Lazare and Andreas Gal, L'Henri, Inc., Ramsay Motors, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

September 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Knoepfel, Briggs, Knoepfel & Ronca, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Thomas H. Hart, III, Alkon, Rhea & Hart, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for PID-Harthmans.

John K. Dema, Carey-Anne Moody, Law Offices of John K. Dema, P.C., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Darren Defoe, Waterford, ME, for Four Winds Plaza Partnership.

Addison J. Meyers, Mary Hoerber, Law Offices of O'Connor & Lemos, Coral Gables, FL, and Edgar Christensen, Law Offices of R. Eric Moore, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Texaco, Inc., Texaco Caribbean, Inc.

Robert T. Lehman, Debra Rosen, William J. O'Kane, Christopher Gibson, Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield, NJ, and Douglas L. Capdeville, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Esso Standard Oil, S.A., Ltd., Esso Virgin Islands, Inc., Esso Standard Oil Co. (Puerto Rico).

Richard E. Daley, Law Offices of Pattie & Daley, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and E. Barclay Cale, Jr., Thomas A. Dye, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, FL, for Exxon Corp.

John A. Zebedee, Law Offices of James L. Hymes, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Vernon Morgan.

Francis E. Jackson, Jr., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Daniel Bayard.

Carol Ann Rich, Campbell, Arellano & Rich, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Ramsay Motors, Inc.

Nancy D'Anna, Cruz Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Patricio Martinez Lorenzo, Hato Rey, PR, for L'Henri, Inc.

Richard G. Leland, David Slossberg, Law Offices of Rosenman & Colin, New York City, and Kevin A. Rames, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Paul Lazare, Andreas Gal, The Duplan Corp., Laga Industries, Ltd., Panex Industries, Inc., and Panex Co.

John R. Coon, Gallows Bay, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Western Auto Supply Co.

Ralda V. Simmonds, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Virgin Islands Housing Authority.

George Marshall Miller, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Thomas A. Gassett, G.S. Industries, Inc.

Rosalie Simmonds Ballantine, Atty. Gen. for the Virgin Islands by Henry Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Virgin Islands Dept. of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for V.I. Dept. of Educ.

Katherine E. Harsch, Bornn, Bornn, Handy & Rashid, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for Siegfried Torinus and Waltrad Torinus.

                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.............................................................................             8
   I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ................................................................             8
         A. The Original Complaint ......................................................            11
         B. Amended Complaints, Third and Fourth Party Complaints, and
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