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California Judge Orders $1.15 Billion Fund To Remediate Lead Nuisance
Posted on 8 Jan 2014 by Beth Caputo

SANTA JOSE, Calif. — (Mealey’s) A California judge on Jan. 8 ordered three of the defendant companies in the state’s public nuisance action against lead-paint and lead manufacturers to pay, pursuant to joint and several liability, $1... Read More

Tags: lead paint , CLPPB , Santa Clara County , California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch , Sherwin-Williams Co. , lead , California , joint and several liability , et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co. , Santa Ana , E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. , lead manufacturers , NL Industries Inc. , Litigation , Atlantic Richfield Co. , ARCO , W.P. Fuller , public nuisance liability , ConAgra Grocery Products Co.

William A. Ruskin: Pitfalls In Proving CERCLA Divisibility Of Harm
Posted on 26 Apr 2012 by William A. Ruskin

By William A. Ruskin In a stinging decision, the Hon. Lonny R. Suko , a federal district court judge sitting in the Eastern District of Washington, ruled on April 4, 2012, that PRP Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. failed to prove that contamination at... Read More

Tags: Hon. Lonny R. Suko , Section 107 , Divisibility Of Harm , BNSF , divisibility , Burlington Northern , Apportionment , Arranger Liability , cost recovery , joint and several liability , UCR Site , Upper Columbia River Site , Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States , Liability Defenses , William A. Ruskin , CERLCA , Litigation , Burlington Northern &amp , National Priority List , Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals Ltd , CERCLA

Duane Morris LLP Alert: New Pennsylvania Law Limits Joint And Several Liability
Posted on 8 Jul 2011 by Duane Morris LLP

On June 28, 2011, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law Senate Bill 1131 ; and in doing so, the future of joint and several liability in Pennsylvania was reduced to a list of exceptions. The new law provides that "where liability is attributed... Read More

Tags: liability , Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act , toxic torts , joint and several liability , Pennsylvania Liquor Code , Pennsylvania , products liability , asbestos , Corbett , Litigation