Pa. Federal Judge: Summary Judgment Is Premature In Industrial Pollution Dispute

Mealey's (April 18, 2023, 11:01 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Noting that discovery has been open for only seven months, a Pennsylvania federal judge said there are too many open questions to grant a steel drum company’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of successor liability for cost recovery and contribution claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act brought by an unincorporated group of companies that worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up a former industrial site....