Law360, New York (November 18, 2009) -- California's Orange County Water District has asked a federal judge to reconsider her ruling that put an end to 45 of 60 claims against several oil companies of contaminating groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
A discovery rule cited by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, who said the claims were time-barred, should be preempted by a more generous rule in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and...
