Industry Eyes PCB 'Super Tort' Litigation To Offset Superfund Allocations

摘要

Liable parties at two high-cost sediment cleanups in Washington and Oregon are eyeing how pending tort litigation by states and municipalities against Monsanto over polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination may aid in lowering liability among potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at the Superfund sites contaminated with the substances, an industry attorney says.