Federal Judge Denies Summary Judgment Motion On Government Contractor Defense

Mealey's (June 8, 2022, 8:33 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge in New Mexico on May 31 declined to enter an order that two government contractors working at the Gold King Mine Superfund site were not entitled to the government contractor’s defense in a multidistrict litigation, finding that the contractors had shown genuine issues of material fact regarding differences between state and federal law and the scope of their work in connection with the release of a large amount of acid mine drainage and heavy metals into nearby rivers....