In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation

Filing 3577

ORDER: As discussed at the telephone conference held in this matter on September 19, 2012, plaintiffs will not serve a non-site-specific expert report for Dr. Fogg. Further, plaintiffs are to comply with the following schedule: September 19, 2012 - Plaintiffs' designation of site-specific experts; September 21, 2012 - Plaintiffs' answer to Defendants' Interrogatory on Baseline Conditions; September 28, 2012 - Plaintiffs' production of documents responsive to Defendants' Request for Production of Documents on Baseline Conditions. No further extensions will be granted for any reason. ( Response to Request to Production of Documents due by 9/28/2012.) (Signed by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin on 9/19/2012) (ft)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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IN RE: METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL
ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITIGATION

ORDER
Master File No. 1:00-1898
MDL 1358 (SAS)
M21-88

This document relates to:
New Jersey Department ofEnvironmental
Protection, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et
al., 08 Civ. 00312

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SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, U.S.D.J.:
As discussed at the telephone conference held in this matter on
September 19, 2012, plaintiffs will not serve a non-site-specific expert report for
Dr. Fogg. Further, plaintiffs are to comply with the following schedule:
September 19,2012

Plaintiffs' designation of site-specific experts

September 21, 2012

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Plaintiffs' answer to Defendants' Interrogatory on
Baseline Conditions

Plaintiffs' production of documents responsive to
Defendants' Request for Production ofDocuments on
Baseline Conditions
No further extensions will be granted for any reason.
September 28,2012

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U.S.D.l.
Dated:

New York, New York
September 19, 2012

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-AppearancesLiaison Counsel for Defendants:
James A. Pardo, Esq.

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq.

Stephen J. Riccardulli, Esq.

Lisa A. Gerson, Esq.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

50 Rockefeller Plaza, 11 th Floor

New York, New York 10020

[phone]
Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs:
Robin Greenwald, Esq.

Robert Gordon, Esq.

Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C.

180 Maiden Lane

New York, New York 10038

[phone]
For New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner
of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the
Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund:
Aaron R. Dias, Esq.
Gordon C. Rhea, Esq.
Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC
1037 Chuck Dawley Boulevard, Building A
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464
(843)-727-6500
Tyler E. Wren, Esq.
Berger & Montague, P.C.
1622 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
[phone]

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Barry A. Knopf, Esq.

Leonard Z. Kaufmann, Esq.

Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, L.L.P.

Park 80 Plaza West One

Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

(201)-845-9600

David T. Ritter, Esq.

Baron & Budd, P.C.

3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100

Dallas, TX 75219

[phone]
John K. Dema, Esq.

Law Offices of John K. Dema, P.C.

1236 Strand Street, Suite 103

Christiansted, Virgin Islands 00820

[phone]
For Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. and Lukoil America Corp.:

Matthew Gerard Parisi, Esq.
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains, New York 10601
[phone]
For Amerada Hess Corp., Marathon Oil Co., and Marathon Petroleum Co.
LP:

Steven Lawerence Leifer, Esq.
Baker Botts LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
[phone]

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For George E. Warren Corp.:
Ira Brad Matetsky, Esq.
Steven 1. Shore, Esq.
Ganfer & Shore, LLP
360 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10017
[phone]

For Sunoco, Inc. and Sunoco, Inc. (R&M):
Patrick R. Jacobi, Esq.

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

1350 I Street, N.W.

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20005

[phone]

For Getty Properties Corp.:
John Christie II McMeekin, Esq.
Rawle & Henderson, LLP
The Widener Building
One South Penn Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
[phone]

For Gulf Oil Limited Partnership:
Anthony A. Orlandi, Esq.
Brian J. Sullivan, Esq.
Goodwin Procter, LLP
53 State Street, Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
[phone]

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Yaniv Heled, Esq.
Goodwin Procter, LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
[phone]
For Third-Party Defendant/Cross-Claimant Robert Melecci:

James D. Bride, Esq.
Leary Bride Tinker & Moran
7 Ridgedale Avenue
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
[phone]
For Third-Party Defendant/Cross-Claimant Dhandi Transport, Inc.:

Kevin T. Bright, Esq.
Jeff Imeri, Esq.
Lila T. Wynne, Esq.
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
200 Lake Drive East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
(856)-414-6057
For Third-Party Defendant/Cross-Claimant H.P. Delta, Inc.:

Stuart J. Lieberman, Esq.
Lieberman & Blecher, P.C.
10 Jefferson Plaza
Suite 100
Princeton, NJ 08540

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