In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 15, 2012.
June 15, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James A. Pardo, Esq., Peter John Sacripanti, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.
Robin Greenwald, Esq., Robert Gordon, Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.
Aaron R. Dias, Esq., Gordon C. Rhea, Esq., Thomas P. Gressette, Esq., Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Barry A. Knopf, Esq., Leonard Z. Kaufmann, Esq., Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, L.L.P., Saddle Brook, NJ, David T. Ritter, Esq., Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, John K. Dema, Esq., Law Offices of John K. Dema, P.C., Christiansted, VI, for New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund.
Steven Lawerence Leifer, Esq., Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, for Amerada Hess Corp., Marathon Oil Co., and Marathon Petroleum Co. LP.
John Christie II McMeekin, Esq., Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Getty Properties Corp.
Ira Brad Matetsky, Esq., Steven J. Shore, Esq., Ganfer & Shore, LLP, New York, NY, for George E. Warren Corp.
Patrick R. Jacobi, Esq., Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Sunoco, Inc. and Sunoco, Inc. (R & M).
Anthony A. Orlandi, Esq., Brian J. Sullivan, Esq., Goodwin Procter, LLP, Boston, MA, Yaniv Heled, Esq., Goodwin Procter, LLP, New York, NY, for Gulf Oil Limited Partnership.
Matthew Gerard Parisi, Esq., Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. and Lukoil America Corp.
Peter John Sacripanti, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for Coastal Eagle Point Oil Co. and El Paso Corp.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In 2008, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") filed its Third Amended Complaint ("TAC") against various corporations for their use and handling of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE"). The TAC includes claims of: strict liability based on defective design; public nuisance; strict liability under N.J. Stat. Ann. 58:10-23...
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