HOBART CORPORATION v. THE DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO.

Case No. 3:13-cv-115.

HOBART CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Western Division.

September 23, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 6901
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 6901 Environmental Cleanup Expenses
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hobart Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice & James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer.

Kelsey-Hayes Company, Plaintiff, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel John Donnellon , SEBALY SHILLITO + DYER, Ilya L. Polyakov , Sebaly Shillito + Dyer & James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer.

NCR Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel John Donnellon , SEBALY SHILLITO + DYER, Erin Carter , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Ilya L. Polyakov , Sebaly Shillito + Dyer & James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer.

Dayton Power and Light Company, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Elyse H. Akhbari , Bricker & Eckler, Sommer Lynn Sheely , Bricker & Eckler LLP, Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP & Frank Leslie Merrill , Bricker & Eckler.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Michael D. Dortch , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch LLC, Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC & Bridgestone Firestone Inc, formerly known as Dayton Tire and Rubber Company, Defendants, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP & William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP, pro hac vice.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Joseph P. Koncelik , Robert J. Hanna , Tucker Ellis LLP & Melissa Z. Kelly , Tucker Ellis LLP.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Daniel E. Izenson , Keating Muething & Klekamp, Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, pro hac vice, Michael Thomas Cappel , Keating Muething & Klekamp, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, pro hac vice, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, pro hac vice & Keisha Oldacre Coleman , Ballard Spahr LLP, pro hac vice.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Joseph R. Durham , Eastman & Smith Ltd, Joseph A. Gregg , Eastman & Smith & Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP, pro hac vice.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Shane A. Farolino , Roetzel & Andress, Leighann Kathryn Fink & Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress.

DAP Products, Inc., Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler & William E. Coughlin , Calfee Halter & Griswold.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler & Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard.

Flowserve Corporation, Standard Register Company & University of Dayton, Defendants, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC & Robert Joseph Thumann , Crehan & Thumann, LLC.

YP Advertising and Publishing LLC, formerly known as L.M. Berry and Company LLC, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler & Orla Ellis Collier, III , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP.

P-Americas, LLC, Defendant, represented by Andrew W. Knuth, III , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Steven A. Luxton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP & William Brad Nes , pro hac vice.

PPG Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Joseph Jude Golian , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. & Peter T. Stinson , Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., pro hac vice.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Matthew T. Kemp & Robert H. Eddy , Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

"John Doe" Corporation(s), Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler.

Fickert Devco Inc, formerly known as A.E. Fickert and Sons Inc, Defendant, represented by David Philip Pierce , Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. & Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler.

La Mirada Products Co., Inc, formerly known as DAP Inc, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Kim Kenneth Burke , Taft Stettinius & Hollister & E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Newmark LLC, formerly known as Van Dyne-Crotty, Inc, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler & Jack Allen Van Kley .

Pharmacia LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, also known as Monsanto Research Company, Monsanto Company, Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Jane E. Fedder , Polsinelli PC, pro hac vice.

Dayton Power and Light Company, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Robert H. Eddy , Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

Hobart Corporation & Kelsey-Hayes Company, Counter Defendants, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer & Scott Sander Davies , Davies Law, LLC.

NCR Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, Erin Carter , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer & Scott Sander Davies , Davies Law, LLC.

Flowserve Corporation, University of Dayton & Standard Register Company, Counter Claimants, represented by Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP.

DAP Products, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by William E. Coughlin , Calfee Halter & Griswold.

Fickert Devco Inc, Counter Claimant, represented by David Philip Pierce , Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Joseph P. Koncelik , Melissa Z. Kelly , Tucker Ellis LLP & Amy A. Klimek .

Dayton Power and Light Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Frank Leslie Merrill , Bricker & Eckler & Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP, pro hac vice.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP, pro hac vice, Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP, pro hac vice, Michael D. Dortch , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch LLC, Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, pro hac vice, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, pro hac vice, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, pro hac vice, Keisha Oldacre Coleman , Ballard Spahr LLP, pro hac vice, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP.

P-Americas, LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Andrew W. Knuth, III , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Steven A. Luxton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP & William Brad Nes .

Dayton Board of Education, Counter Claimant, represented by Brian L. Wildermuth , Subashi & Wildermuth & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, Keisha Oldacre Coleman , Ballard Spahr LLP, pro hac vice & Keisha Oldacre Coleman , Ballard Spahr LLP.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP & Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP, pro hac vice.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Donald Jeffrey Ireland , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Erin Rhinehart , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Robert Perry Bartlett, Jr. , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Christopher Clayton Hollon , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL & Shane A. Farolino , Roetzel & Andress.

Day International Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Ann M. Hunt , McDonald Hopkins, Erin K. Walsh , McDonald Hopkins, LLC, Jerome W. Cook , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP & Theodore J. Esborn , McDonald Hopkins Co LPA.

Dayton Board of Education, Cross Defendant, represented by Brian L. Wildermuth , Subashi & Wildermuth & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard.

Dayton Power and Light Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP, Frank Leslie Merrill , Bricker & Eckler & Sommer Lynn Sheely , Bricker & Eckler LLP.

Fickert Devco Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by David Philip Pierce , Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A.

Flowserve Corporation, Standard Register Company & University of Dayton, Cross Defendants, represented by Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Cross Defendant, represented by Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC, Robert Joseph Thumann , Crehan & Thumann, LLC & Mark Robert Chilson , Chilson Law Office LLC.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider.

Harris Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Bonni Fine Kaufman , Holland & Knight LLP & Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider.

Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., Bradford Soap International, Inc., Cargill, Inc. & Cintas Corporation, Cross Defendants, represented by Jack Allen Van Kley & Christopher Allen Walker .

La Mirada Products Co., Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Kim Kenneth Burke , Taft Stettinius & Hollister & E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Newmark LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Jack Allen Van Kley .

P-Americas, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Andrew W. Knuth, III , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Steven A. Luxton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP & William Brad Nes .

PPG Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joseph Jude Golian , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. & Peter T. Stinson , Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.

Pharmacia LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Cross Defendant, represented by James A. Bax , Boyle Brasher LLC & Jane E. Fedder , Polsinelli PC.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Robert H. Eddy , Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

State of Ohio, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Lee Stokes , Office of the Ohio Attorney General.

United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Energy & United States of America, Cross Defendants, represented by Gregory Paul Dunsky , United States Attorney's Office.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Joseph P. Koncelik , Amy A. Klimek & Melissa Z. Kelly , Tucker Ellis LLP.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael D. Dortch , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch LLC, Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

YP Advertising and Publishing LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Orla Ellis Collier, III , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP.

A.E. Fickert, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Cappel , Keating Muething & Klekamp & Brian M. Babb , Keating Muething & Klekamp P.L.L.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC & Bridgestone Firestone Inc, Cross Defendants, represented by William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP, pro hac vice, E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP & William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Counter Claimant, represented by Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC & Robert Joseph Thumann , Crehan & Thumann, LLC.

Dayton Power and Light Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Drew H. Campbell , Bricker & Eckler, Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP & Frank Leslie Merrill , Bricker & Eckler.

DAP Products, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by William E. Coughlin , Calfee Halter & Griswold.

Hobart Corporation & Kelsey-Hayes Company, Cross Defendants, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, Scott Sander Davies , Davies Law, LLC & James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer.

NCR Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by David E. Romine , Langsam Stevens, Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Graham Meyer , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, Scott Sander Davies , Davies Law, LLC, Erin Carter , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP & James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer.

Bridgestone Firestone Inc & Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Counter Defendants, represented by William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP, pro hac vice.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Keisha Oldacre Coleman , Ballard Spahr LLP, pro hac vice.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Counter Defendant, represented by Donald Jeffrey Ireland , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Erin Rhinehart , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Robert Perry Bartlett, Jr. , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL & Christopher Clayton Hollon , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL.

DAP Products, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by William E. Coughlin , Calfee Halter & Griswold.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard.

Flowserve Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Counter Defendant, represented by Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC & Robert Joseph Thumann , Crehan & Thumann, LLC.

Harris Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Bonni Fine Kaufman , Holland & Knight LLP & Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider.

La Mirada Products Co., Inc, Counter Defendant, represented by Kim Kenneth Burke , Taft Stettinius & Hollister & E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Robert H. Eddy , Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Joseph P. Koncelik , Amy A. Klimek & Melissa Z. Kelly , Tucker Ellis LLP.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Michael D. Dortch , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch LLC, Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Keisha Oldacre Coleman , Ballard Spahr LLP, pro hac vice.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Michael D. Dortch , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch LLC, Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Cross Claimant, represented by Shane A. Farolino , Roetzel & Andress.

Harris Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Bonni Fine Kaufman , Holland & Knight LLP & Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Robert H. Eddy , Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

Flowserve Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC & Bridgestone Firestone Inc, Cross Claimants, represented by William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP, pro hac vice.

Reynolds and Reynolds Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David Karl Brown , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Duke K. McCall, III , Bingham McCutchen LLP, James Joseph Dragna , Bingham McCutchen LLP & Jennifer L. Hurley McGay , Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP.

Van Dyne Crotty Co, Cross Defendant, represented by James Craig Carpenter , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC.


ORDER OVERRULING THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO REFILING WITHIN 30 DAYS: PLAINTIFFS' MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE INTERVIEW OF CLAY LOWE, A/K/A MR. C (DOC. #985); WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OHIO, INC.'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE 2012 DEPOSITION TESTIMONY OF JAMES SOUTH (DOC. #988); DEFENDANT THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN EXPERT OPINIONS OF DR. JURGEN EXNER AND MR. RICHARD WHITE (DOC. #989); WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OHIO, INC.'S MOTION...

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