Hobart Corp. v. Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the apportionment of liability between various entities that allegedly created an environmental hazard at a landfill in Ohio. In 2006, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Hobart Corporation, Kelsey-Hayes Company, and NCR Corporation (collectively, “Appellants”), entered into a settlement agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), agreeing to pay for a study of the site and to reimburse the government’s response costs in exchange for a partial resolution of Appellants’ liability. Nearly four years later, Appellants…