April 07, 2011
Eleven plaintiffs resolved claims Wednesday against Getty Properties Corp. and Leemilt Petroleum Inc. in a multidistrict litigation in New York over groundwater contamination caused by methyl tertiary-butyl ether, the latest in a series of settlements in the matter.
March 18, 2011
Over Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s objections, a New York federal judge approved Friday a $1.7 million settlement between 7-Eleven Inc. and Orange County Water District in a multidistrict litigation over groundwater contamination from gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
February 01, 2011
Citgo Petroleum Corp. said Tuesday it would object to a possible $1.7 million deal between 7-Eleven Inc. and the Orange County Water District in the multidistrict litigation over groundwater contamination from gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
January 16, 2009
California-American Water Co. and several California water districts involved in one part of the multidistrict litigation over methyl tertiary-butyl ether contamination are looking to settle their claims against Exxon Mobil Corp. and a group of remaining defendants.
January 13, 2009
The parents of three infant plaintiffs involved in one portion of the multidistrict litigation over methyl tertiary-butyl ether are seeking to settle, days before their particular case regarding the controversial gasoline additive is scheduled to go to trial.
January 08, 2009
A few more defendants have dropped out of the multidistrict litigation involving methyl tertiary-butyl ether, choosing to settle rather than keep fighting the long-standing product liability case over the controversial gasoline additive.
December 12, 2008
The federal district judge overseeing the methyl tertiary-butyl ether multidistrict litigation has denied a request for an adjournment made by plaintiffs in an upcoming trial in the long-standing product liability case.
September 30, 2008
Lyondell Chemical Co. and Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. have joined a settlement that will provide 69 children and just over 300 adults in Wisconsin with cash compensation rather than medical monitoring services in a suit involving a gasoline additive that leaked into groundwater used by 153 public water providers in 17 states.
September 29, 2008
Occidental Chemical Corp. has been dismissed from a score of lawsuits brought by U.S. city environmental officials as part of the multidistrict litigation over carcinogenic methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
September 22, 2008
More than 40 individual lawsuits that were part of a consolidated case alleging gasoline refiners contaminated water with the carcinogen methyl tertiary-butyl ether were dismissed Thursday after settlements were reached.