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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

William A. Ruskin: Did the Supreme Court's 2009 BNSF Decision Change CERCLA Cost-Recovery Practice?
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 by William A. Ruskin

By William A. Ruskin The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States , 129 S. Ct. 1870 (2009) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], examined two unsettled areas of CERCLA: (1) the... Read More

Tags: BNSF , divisibility , "§9607(a)(3)' , CERCLA cost recovery , Arranger Liability , §433(A) of the Restatement (Second) of Torts , cost recovery , Yankee Gas Servs. Co. v. UGI Utils. , William A. Ruskin , Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States , PRP , Litigation , Three Rivers Management , Inc , CERCLA , U.S. Supreme Court

Railroads Threatened With Lawsuits Over Diesel Exhaust
Posted on 22 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) An environmental group threatened to sue two of the nation's biggest rail owners Tuesday under a novel legal theory that would classify diesel exhaust as hazardous waste. The Natural Resources Defense Council sent letters to Union... Read More

Tags: cadmium , BNSF , railroads , East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice , arsenic , Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway , pollution , Resource Conservation and Recovery Act , lead , California , Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice , Hazardous Waste , Natural Resources Defense Council , environment , diesel exhaust , Litigation , Clean Air Act , Union Pacific , RICRA