Cleanup Defendant’s 11th-Hour Arguments On Entities’ Liability Rejected By Judge

(May 24, 2018, 4:08 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge in Indiana on May 22 overruled a defendant company’s argument that its preceding entities should be able to escape liability for cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for remediation of a former steel manufacturing facility, ruling that the “untimely and unjustified” arguments were raised at the 11th hour and after summary judgment had been awarded to the plaintiff (Valbruna Slater Steel Corporation, et al. v. Joslyn Manufacturing Co. LLC, et al., No. 10-cv-44-JD, N.D. Ind., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86174)....

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