HOBART CORPORATION v. DAYTON POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

Case No. 3:13-cv-115.

HOBART CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE DAYTON POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

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

February 10, 2020.

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, Larry Silver , Langsam, Stevens, Silver & Hollaender LLP, pro hac vice, Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice & James Alan Dyer , Sebaly Shillito & Dyer.

Kelsey-Hayes Company & NCR Corporation, Plaintiffs, represented by David E. Romine , 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, Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, pro hac vice & 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 Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Michael D. Dortch , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch LLC, Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP & William Wick , Wactor and Wick, LLP, pro hac vice.

Bridgestone Firestone Inc, formerly known as Dayton Tire and Rubber Company, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Patrick J. Murphy , Quarles & Brady LLP & E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, pro hac vice.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, 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 , One E. Fourth Street, Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, pro hac vice, Melissa Z. Kelly , Tucker Ellis LLP, 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 Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, 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 Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Shane A. Farolino , Roetzel & Andress, Leighann Kathryn Fink & Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress.

DAP Products, Inc., Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP & William E. Coughlin , Calfee Halter & Griswold.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP & Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard.

Flowserve Corporation, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, 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 Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP & Orla Ellis Collier, III , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP.

P-Americas, LLC, Defendant, represented by Andrew W. Knuth, III , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Steven A. Luxton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP & William Brad Nes , pro hac vice.

PPG Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, 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 Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Matthew T. Kemp & Robert H. Eddy , Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

Standard Register Company & University of Dayton, Defendants, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

"John Doe" Corporation(s), Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP.

Fickert Devco Inc, formerly known as A.E. Fickert and Sons Inc, Defendant, represented by David Philip Pierce , Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. & Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP.

La Mirada Products Co., Inc, formerly known as DAP Inc, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Kim Kenneth Burke , Taft Stettinius & Hollister & Patrick J. Murphy , Quarles & Brady LLP.

Newmark LLC, formerly known as Van Dyne-Crotty, Inc, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP & David T. Moss , Hanna Campbell & Powell.

Pharmacia LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, also known as Monsanto Research Company, Monsanto Company, Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center & Jane E. Fedder , Polsinelli PC, pro hac vice.

Dayton Power and Light Company, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Matthew T. Kemp .

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

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

Flowserve Corporation, University of Dayton & Standard Register Company, Counter Claimants, represented by LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Joseph A. Gregg , Eastman & Smith.

DAP Products, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress.

Fickert Devco Inc, Counter Claimant, represented by Gregory Paul Dunsky , United States Attorney's Office.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Theodore J. Esborn , McDonald Hopkins Co LPA.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Christopher Allen Walker , Martin Harry Lewis , Tucker Ellis & West LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Dayton Power and Light Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP & Anthony M. Sharett , Baker Hostetler LLP.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister 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, Pramila Kamath , Bricker & Eckler LLP, William H. Harbeck , Quarles & Brady LLP, pro hac vice, William H. Harbeck , Quarles & Brady LLP & Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Daniel E. Izenson , One E. Fourth Street, pro hac vice, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, pro hac vice, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, pro hac vice, Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, pro hac vice, Daniel E. Izenson , One E. Fourth Street, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP & Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP.

P-Americas, LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by James B. Slaughter , Beveridge & Diamond PC, Andrew W. Knuth, III , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius & Steven A. Luxton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

Dayton Board of Education, Counter Claimant, represented by Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard & Brian L. Wildermuth , Subashi & Wildermuth.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel E. Izenson , One E. Fourth Street, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, pro hac vice.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Joseph A. Gregg , Eastman & Smith & Joseph A. Gregg , Eastman & Smith, pro hac vice.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP, Donald Jeffrey Ireland , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Erin Rhinehart , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Shane A. Farolino , Roetzel & Andress & Robert Perry Bartlett, Jr. , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL.

Day International Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by William E. Coughlin , Calfee Halter & Griswold, Ann M. Hunt , McDonald Hopkins, Erin K. Walsh , McDonald Hopkins, LLC & Jerome W. Cook , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP.

Dayton Board of Education, Cross Defendant, represented by Shannon Lesley Costello , Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard & Brian L. Wildermuth , Subashi & Wildermuth.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Theodore J. Esborn , McDonald Hopkins Co LPA.

Dayton Power and Light Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Anthony M. Sharett , Baker Hostetler LLP, Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP & Elyse H. Akhbari , Bricker & Eckler.

Fickert Devco Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Gregory Paul Dunsky , United States Attorney's Office.

Flowserve Corporation, Standard Register Company & University of Dayton, Cross Defendants, represented by LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Cross Defendant, represented by Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC & Mark Robert Chilson , Chilson Law Office LLC.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Glenn Anthony Harris , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP.

Harris Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider & Glenn Anthony Harris , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP.

Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., Bradford Soap International, Inc., Cargill, Inc. & Cintas Corporation, Cross Defendants, represented by David T. Moss , Hanna Campbell & Powell & Jack Allen Van Kley .

La Mirada Products Co., Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by David Philip Pierce , Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A., E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP & Patrick J. Murphy , Quarles & Brady LLP.

Newmark LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by David T. Moss , Hanna Campbell & Powell.

P-Americas, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by James B. Slaughter , Beveridge & Diamond PC, Andrew W. Knuth, III , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius & Steven A. Luxton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

PPG Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by William Brad Nes & Joseph Jude Golian , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.

Pharmacia LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Katerina M. Eftimoff Milenkovski , Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC & Allison Schaper , Polsinell PC.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew T. Kemp .

State of Ohio, Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer Orr Mitchell , Dinsmore & Shohl.

United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Energy & United States of America, Cross Defendants, represented by Michael Lee Stokes , Office of the Ohio Attorney General.

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Christopher Allen Walker , Amy A. Klimek , Martin Harry Lewis , Tucker Ellis & West LLP & Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Pramila Kamath , Bricker & Eckler LLP, William H. Harbeck , Quarles & Brady LLP & Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

YP Advertising and Publishing LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Sarah A. Slack , Foley & Lardner LLP.

A.E. Fickert, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Melissa Z. Kelly , Tucker Ellis LLP & Michael Thomas Cappel , Keating Muething & Klekamp.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC & Bridgestone Firestone Inc, Cross Defendants, represented by E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, pro hac vice, Patrick J. Murphy , Quarles & Brady LLP & E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Counter Claimant, represented by Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC.

Dayton Power and Light Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Ruth A. Lesser , Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP, Anthony M. Sharett , Baker Hostetler LLP & Daniel E. Gerken , Bricker & Eckler, LLP.

DAP Products, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress.

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

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

Bridgestone Firestone Inc & Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Counter Defendants, represented by E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, pro hac vice.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel E. Izenson , One E. Fourth Street, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, pro hac vice.

Conagra Grocery Products Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Joseph A. Gregg , Eastman & Smith.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Counter Defendant, represented by Kristopher J. Covi , McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLP, Donald Jeffrey Ireland , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL, Erin Rhinehart , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL & Shane A. Farolino , Roetzel & Andress.

DAP Products, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Stephen W. Funk , Roetzel & Andress.

Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Theodore J. Esborn , McDonald Hopkins Co LPA.

Flowserve Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

Franklin Iron & Metal Corp, Counter Defendant, represented by Thaddeus Henderson Driscoll , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Laura Irene Hillerich , Crehan & Thumann, LLC.

Harris Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider & Glenn Anthony Harris , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP.

La Mirada Products Co., Inc, Counter Defendant, represented by David Philip Pierce , Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. & Patrick J. Murphy , Quarles & Brady LLP.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Matthew T. Kemp .

Valley Asphalt Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Christopher Allen Walker , Kristen Gale , Nijman Franzetti, LLP & Martin Harry Lewis , Tucker Ellis & West LLP.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Pramila Kamath , Bricker & Eckler LLP, William H. Harbeck , Quarles & Brady LLP & Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Daniel E. Izenson , One E. Fourth Street, LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP, Leah J. Knowlton , Taylor English Duma LLP, Donald P. Boyle , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Stephen Neal Haughey , Frost Brown Todd LLC, pro hac vice.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Pramila Kamath , Bricker & Eckler LLP, William H. Harbeck , Quarles & Brady LLP & Jennifer Nijman , Nijman Franzetti, LLP.

Cox Media Group Ohio Inc, Cross Claimant, represented by Robert Perry Bartlett, Jr. , Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL.

Harris Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Robert Brent Sherwood , Goldenberg Schneider & Glenn Anthony Harris , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP.

Sherwin-Williams Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Matthew T. Kemp .

Flowserve Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by LeeAnn Jones , TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP & Andrew Ethan Rudloff , The Greene Town Center.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC & Bridgestone Firestone Inc, Cross Claimants, represented by E. Chase Dressman , Taft Stettinius & Hollister 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.

Van Dyne Crotty Co, Cross Defendant, represented by James M. Dickerson, Jr. , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.


DECISION AND ENTRY OVERRULING DEFENDANT VALLEY ASPHALT CORPORATION'S RENEWED MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY FROM RICHARD L. WHITE AND CHRISTOPHER M. WITTENBRINK (DOC. #1082) AND DEFENDANT THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN EXPERT OPINIONS OF DR. JURGEN EXNER AND MR. RICHARD WHITE (DOC. #1083)

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