In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:00-cv-01898

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Prop. Damage Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Vernon S. Broderick

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  1. July 09, 2008

    Judge Refuses To Toss Puerto Rico's MTBE Claims

    A district judge has refused to dismiss the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's lawsuit against units of Chevron Corp., Citgo Petroleum Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and other oil companies accused of creating environmental havoc through their use of MTBE.

  2. July 01, 2008

    Plaintiffs' Expert Can Tout MTBE's Dangers: Judge

    Residents of a New York town who sued a group of oil companies as part of the multidistrict litigation over methyl tertiary-butyl ether will be allowed to put a doctor on the stand to testify that the gasoline additive is a probable human carcinogen, a federal judge has ruled.

  3. June 26, 2008

    MTBE Judge Backpedals On Expert Testimony Ruling

    The judge overseeing a bellwether case that is part of the multidistrict litigation involving claims of groundwater contamination will allow a previously excluded plaintiffs' expert to offer limited testimony in the case.

  4. June 19, 2008

    No Summary Judgment For Exxon In MTBE Case

    Exxon Mobil Corp. has lost its bid to appeal a denial of summary judgment in a bellwether case that is part of multidistrict litigation involving claims of groundwater contamination.

  5. June 12, 2008

    Judge Nixes Exxon Bid For Info On $423M MTBE Deal

    A federal judge has shot down Exxon Mobil Corp.'s bid to uncover additional details about the $423 million deal reached by 13 of its co-defendants to settle claims that they allowed a gasoline additive to leak into groundwater.

  6. June 05, 2008

    Oil Cos. To Shell Out $1.7M To Kids In MTBE Suit

    A federal judge has signed off on a settlement that will pay a collective $1.7 million to 69 children, resolving one case in a multidistrict litigation that claims a slew of oil companies allowed a gasoline additive to leak into groundwater used by 153 public water providers in 17 states.

  7. May 21, 2008

    Judge Won't Allow Expert To Testify In MTBE Case

    A federal judge has ruled that an expert cannot testify in a case brought by residents of a New York town who allege that their groundwater wells were contaminated by gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.

  8. May 15, 2008

    Baker Botts Picks Up Two Cos. In MTBE MDL

    Two defendants have substituted Baker Botts LLP for Howrey LLP in a multidistrict litigation that claims a slew of oil companies allowed a gasoline additive to leak into groundwater used by 153 public water providers in 17 states.

  9. May 08, 2008

    Oil Cos. Bail Out Of MTBE Case With $422M Check

    Thirteen oil companies have agreed to pay $422 million to settle claims that they contaminated the water used by 153 public water providers in 17 states with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.

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