MTBE MDL Judge Refuses To Suggest Remand Of State’s Contamination Suit

(January 8, 2019, 1:32 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The federal judge in New York presiding over suits stemming from groundwater contamination caused by methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) on Jan. 7 refused to suggest to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s action over groundwater contamination allegedly caused by the gasoline additive should be remanded, finding that no good cause exists (In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (“MTBE”) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1358, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Exxon Mobil Corp., et al., No. 14 Civ. 6228, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2649)...