Publication Date: 2023-07-21
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Toxic Torts
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Peter A. Kraus, Leslie C. MacLean, on the brief, Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX, and Christen E. Civiletto, East Amherst, NY, and Melissa L. Stewart, Steven J. Phillips, Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP, New York, NY, and Paul Barr, Fanizzi & Barr, Niagara Falls, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Occidental Chemical Corporation, Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc., and Miller Springs Remediation Management, Inc.: Sheila L. Birnbaum, Lincoln Davis Wilson, on the brief, Douglas E. Fleming III, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, and Kevin M. Hogan, Andrew P. Devine, Joshua Glasgow, and Elizabeth Bove, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant Cecos International, Inc.: Zackary D. Knaub, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY, and William G. Beck, Lathrop GPM, Kansas City, MO.
For Defendant-Appellant OP-Tech Environmental Services: Jeffrey D. Schulman, Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, Syracuse, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant Roy's Plumbing, Inc.: Robert E. Knoer, Alice J. Cunningham, The Knoer Group, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant City of Niagara Falls: Mark P. Della Posta, Walsh, Roberts & Grace LLP, Buffalo, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant Niagara Falls Water Board: Jeffrey F. Baase, Corey J. Weber, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Buffalo, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant Conestoga-Rovers & Associates: Jeffrey C. Stravino, Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc.: Agnieszka Wilewicz, Patricia A. Rauh, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Buffalo, NY.
For Defendant-Appellant Scott Lawn Yard, Inc.: Brian Sutter, Sugarman Law Firm, LLP, Buffalo, NY.
For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Defendants-Appellants: John M. Masslon II, Cory L. Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 21-0249-cv
Love Canal Superfund Actions Untimely, Remanded to State Court