Appvion Incorporated, et al v. PH Glatfelter Company, et al

  1. April 18, 2016

    Paper Co. Defends Sanctions Bid In $200M Superfund Tussle

    Paper manufacturer P.H. Glatfelter on Monday continued its push to slap discovery sanctions on paper coating company Appvion Inc. in Wisconsin federal court for allegedly withholding crucial documents it says will determine whether Appvion can recover $200 million in cleanup costs at a Great Lakes-area Superfund site.

  2. April 04, 2016

    Paper Coater Rips Sanctions Bid In Wis. Superfund Suit

    A paper coating company seeking cleanup costs from paper manufacturer P.H. Glatfelter associated with Superfund litigation in a Great Lakes region peppered with paper mills told a Wisconsin federal judge on Friday that Glatfelter's bid for discovery sanctions was a waste of the court's time.

  3. March 10, 2016

    Glatfelter Seeks Sanctions Against Appvion In Fox River Suit

    Paper company P. H. Glatfelter on Wednesday asked a Wisconsin federal judge overseeing sprawling Superfund litigation to sanction paper coating company Appvion for failing to turn over documents that could shed light on its liability in the matter.

  4. June 25, 2013

    Judge Won't Reconsider Appleton's CERCLA Claim Bid

    A Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday refused to reconsider a ruling that Appleton Papers Inc. can't sue for recovery of cleanup costs at the Lower Fox River Superfund site, saying that as an indemnitor, it doesn't have independent standing.

  5. May 14, 2013

    Feds Fight Appleton Papers' Bid For $100M CERCLA Recovery

    The U.S. government told a Wisconsin federal judge Monday that Appleton Papers Inc.'s lack of liability for environmental damage at the Lower Fox River Superfund site does not allow the company to recover $100 million in remediation costs it has already agreed to pay.

  6. October 05, 2012

    CERCLA Preempts Wis. Law Claims In $1B Fox River Cleanup

    A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday tossed state counterclaims lodged against Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR Corp. over cleanup costs of the Lower Fox River Superfund site, saying the claims are preempted by the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.

  7. October 03, 2011

    Natural Resource Damages Fair Game In $1B Case: Judge

    A Wisconsin federal judge on Friday issued a clarification in a billion-dollar case over pollution in the Lower Fox River, saying corporate defendants in the case could seek potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in natural resource damages from paper companies NCR Corp. and Appleton Papers Inc.