(December 2, 2016, 10:15 AM EST) -- HANNIBAL, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on Nov. 28 refused to dismiss a defendant company’s counterclaims seeking indemnification for contamination cleanup at three sites it purchased from a plaintiff company’s predecessor in 1980 but suggested to the parties that the claims be severed due to possible issues with judicial efficiency (Cooper Industries LLC v. Spectrum Brands Inc., No. 16 CV 39, E.D. Mo.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163443)....