October 27, 2015
A Michigan federal judge said Tuesday that it wasn't wrong for Ford Motor Co. and AK Steel Corp. to change the classification of nearly 1,500 documents from work product to attorney-client privileged material in their Superfund cleanup dispute with Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
April 01, 2015
A Michigan federal judge said Tuesday he hasn't changed his mind about throwing out a DTE Energy Co. subsidiary's suit demanding the federal government help pay to clean up a Superfund site owned by Ford Motor Co., saying the energy giant has merely rehashed previous arguments in its request for reconsideration.
February 11, 2015
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday sided with the federal government in Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.'s suit demanding the U.S. contribute to cleanup costs of a Superfund site owned by Ford Motor Co. and Severstal North America Inc., saying MichCon was barred from raising the recovery claims.
January 24, 2014
A Michigan federal judge Thursday refused to toss Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.'s suit demanding the United States contribute to cleanup costs at the Rouge Manufacturing Complex and Schaefer Road Area Superfund sites, finding that a consent decree between site owners Ford Motor Co. and Severstal North America Inc. and the government does not bar MichCon's claims.
October 10, 2012
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday entered a consent decree over a nonparty energy company's objection and dismissed all claims in an environmental damage suit against the U.S. government, which will pay Ford Motor Co. and steel manufacturer Severstal North America Inc. $4.25 million in remediation costs.