Judge Dismisses Claims Over Alleged Cobalt Contamination, Allows Amendment

Mealey's (April 23, 2019, 1:55 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif.  — A federal judge in California on April 22 dismissed without prejudice a facility owner’s lawsuit against a company that allegedly contaminated its site by using cobalt as part of its research and development for the manufacturing of semiconductors, ruling that the owner failed to sufficiently allege that the defendant company and its owner violated the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (Quantum Labs Inc. v. Maxim Integrated Products Inc., et al., No. 18-cv-07598-BLF, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68061)....