Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

OHIO

– Asbestos

– – Evidence, prima facie requirement applications (Ohio), 452
– – Families of workers, on-site exposure required for liability (Ohio), 614
– – Insurance, “all sums” allocation method reaffirmed (Ohio), 639
– – Pollution exclusion clause trumps related policy (6th Cir.), 494

– Benzene, cancer claims tied to shuttered Gulf Oil refinery (S.D. Ohio), 134
– Clean Air Act (CAA)

– – Coal-fired power plant closed in settlement (S.D. Ohio), 493
– – Petroleum refinery, settlement requires new storage tank controls (E.D. Mich.), 293
– – Small emitters, best available technology exemption (S.D. Ohio), 122
– – Styrene, plastics manufacturer settles charges (N.D. Ohio), 864

– Hydrogen sulfide poisoning, oil recovery firm indicted for worker's death (Ohio Ct. C.P.), 646
– Nuisance, odors from demolition landfill, immediate alleviation sought (Ohio Ct. C.P.), 244
– PFOA in drinking water, RCRA suit and EPA order (S.D. Ohio), 918
– Redux, state negligence claims not barred (6th Cir.), 881; en banc hearing denied, 1098

OIL AND GAS

– Amazon waterway, Cal. proper forum to sue Occidental Petroleum (9th Cir.), 1273
– Benzene leaks, fiber optic firm using oil pipeline may be liable (E.D. Mo.), 1178
– Cal., low-carbon fuel standard, case to proceed (E.D. Cal.), 625
– Chinese drywall

See SULFUR DIOXIDE

– Chlorine gas, railway not liable to residents outside evacuation area (4th Cir.), 1178
– Clean Air Act (CAA)

– – Diesel

– – – Cal. emission rules barred (9th Cir.), 977
– – – Engine plant, pollution control charges settled (D.D.C.), 168
– – – Marine engines, sales without compliance certificates charged (D.D.C.), 1037
– – – Peak production air toxic limits, EPA to reconsider, 1289

– – Ethanol producers, settle emissions, VOC violations (D.S.D.), 1081
– – Greenhouse gas emissions

See GLOBAL WARMING

– – Guam and N. Mariana Islands, bulk gas terminals, Mobil Oil settles charges (D. Guam), 380
– – Seafood processor, diesel fuel, CAA and EPCRA charges settled (D. Alaska), 405

– Clean Water Act (CWA)

– – Alaska, Cook Inlet discharge permit, policy review ordered (9th Cir.), 1138
– – Chicago, tank barge explosion and spill, captain charged (N.D. Ill.), 57
– – Exxon Valdez oil spill, award allocation (U.S., rev sought), 4; (rev den), 181
– – Pacific Pipeline Systems, penalty (C.D. Cal.), 83
– – Storm water discharge permit, penalties (8th Cir.), 11

– Climate change

See GLOBAL WARMING

– Diverted profits, official not alter ego (Tex. Ct. App.), 1110
– Drinking water, metals, natural gas drilling contaminated water wells (N.D. Tex.), 1332
– Ecuador, oil waste claims against Chevron, stay of arbitration sought (S.D.N.Y.), 48; arbitration may proceed, 234; Ecuadorians to appeal, 256; plaintiffs must produce documents, 1274; documentary film waived attorney-client privilege (E.D. Pa.), 1333; document production upheld (2d Cir.), 1334
– Ethanol producer, Minn. violations, 104
– Fla. state legislature overrides veto on petroleum cleanup, 1259
– Greenhouse gas

See GLOBAL WARMING

– Gulf of Mexico spill

See SPILLS

– Home seller with leaking fuel oil lacks state superfund defense (Wash. Ct. App.), 1318
– Hydrogen sulfide

See HYDROGEN SULFIDE

– Insurance

See POLLUTION EXCLUSION CLAUSES

– Landfill, Del., cleanup, monitoring, 105
– Lead in propeller plane fuel, ban, 34
– Mass., ExxonMobil settles air pollution claims (Mass. Super. Ct.), 680
– Methanol leak, pipeline damage, no arranger liability (5th Cir.), 973
– MTBE in drinking water, N.Y. and Fla., settlement (S.D.N.Y.), 796
– Natural gas-fired industrial engines, final EPA rule, 867; challenges filed (D.C. Cir.), 1139
– Negligence, economic loss doctrine bars cleanup tort claim (9th Cir.), 698
– N.M., gas processing plants, air emissions control, 32
– Phosphene gas release killed W.Va. DuPont worker, safety measures probed, 263
– Pre-purchase contamination, current land owners may sue (La. Ct. App.), 854
– Radioactive materials in La. drinking water, bankruptcy (3d Cir.), 8
– Refineries

See REFINERIES

– Spills

See SPILLS

– Sulfur gas

See SULFUR DIOXIDE

– Superfund

– – Financial assurance for cleanups, 16; affected industries, 33
– – Newtown creek site, ExxonMobil settles charges (E.D.N.Y.), 1250
– – Niagara Mohawk Power, contribution right, consent decree approval (2d Cir.), 187; arranger liability not shown by circumstantial evidence (N.D.N.Y.), 1314
– – Wis. gas plant, Ashland, cleanup plan unveiled, 1075

– USTs

See UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (USTs)

– Water pollution, Coast Guard ups liability limits, 33

OKLAHOMA

– Asbestos exposure by Cal. resident at Okla. refinery, Okla. law governs (Cal.), 158
– Botulism, Botox treatment, negligence award (Okla. Dist. Ct.), 486
– Fentanyl patch with lethal dose, marketing claims not covered by Okla. law (S.D.W. Va.), 551
– Refineries, Double Eagle site, multiple defendants settle (W.D. Okla.), 1108
– Tar Creek site, relocation fund to cover Kan. residents, 378; ban on property value suits valid (Okla.), 644; state not party to tribe's damages suit (N.D. Okla.), 886
– Zinc mining, soil and groundwater, settlement (Okla. Dist. Ct.), 124

OPTOMETRY

– Minocycline, teen's vision loss claims not barred (M.D. Ga.), 237
– Motrin, blinded girl's suit, defense verdict upheld (Cal. Ct. App.), 1158
– Sulindac, blindness, design defect claim to proceed (D.N.H.), 749; jury award, 943

OREGON

– Hexavalent chromium in Iraqi water plant, Natl. Guard unit's poisoning claims allowed (D. Or.), 422; FTCA does not bar claims, 906
– Lead bullets, insurance, duty to defend shooting range (D. Or.), 55
– PCBs, Portland Harbor, Or., fish may pose health risk, 525
– Superfund

– – Attorney-client privilege protects defense argument (Or. Ct. App.), 1184
– – Cement plant, data request triggers duty to defend (D. Or.), 1075

– Tobacco industry, false claims, harm to nonparties irrelevant to punitive award (Or.), 700

OZONE

– Laundry system, brain damage, suits not barred by workers' comp ruling (Utah), 520