Judge Awards Summary Judgment To Dissolved Defendant In Cleanup Suit

Mealey's (February 24, 2016, 12:28 PM EST) -- SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A federal judge in Indiana on Feb. 19 awarded summary judgment to a defendant company in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) lawsuit, holding that the plaintiff corporation was unable to show that the defendant contributed to contamination at the site and that the plaintiff failed to successfully challenge the defendant company’s 2012 filing of a certificate of cancellation in Delaware (Anthony Wayne Corporation v. Elco Fastening Systems LLC, et al., No. 13CV1406-PPS, N.D. Ind.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20243)....