ALLEGATIONS that the major oil companies polluted groundwater with a gasoline additive will not be heard as a class action, a Southern District judge ruled yesterday.
Rejecting the arguments of plaintiffs from New York and three other states who sought class status to obtain an injunction that would ensure the safety of their well water, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin said the individual circumstances of each case, and several other factors, made certification impractical and improper in the Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1358 Master File No. 00 Civ. 1898.
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