Judge Grants Partial Judgment To Oil Companies In MTBE Case

Mealey's ( June 6, 2025, 10:02 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on June 5 granted partial summary judgment to oil companies in a long-running case alleging groundwater contamination from the presence of methyl tertiary butyl ether XE "methyl tertiary butyl ether"  (MTBE), ruling that Pennsylvania’s evidence related to two focus sites is “insufficient to support a finding of liability.”...