Defective Design Claims Get 2nd Try In Puerto Rico MTBE MDL

By Caroline Simson ( August 20, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT) -- A New York federal judge changed course Wednesday in Puerto Rico's suit accusing Shell Oil Co. and others of contaminating its groundwater with a common gasoline additive, saying she had overlooked important evidence in her previous decision dismissing claims that the additive-laced gasoline was defectively designed. . . .

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