Panel Affirms That GE Not Liable As Operator Of Railcars, Contaminated Yards

(October 5, 2021, 9:14 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 21 affirmed a district court’s ruling that General Electric Co. (GE) is not liable to reimburse its insurer under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act as a former operator of passenger railcars that used transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or yards in Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania where they were housed that later became contaminated from spills of the chemical because GE employees at the yards performed only warranty work on the railcars....