Arriaga v. New England Gas Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

TORRES, District Judge.

Introduction

The plaintiffs, who reside in or near the Lawn Terrace Apartments in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, brought this action seeking equitable relief and monetary damages for what they allege is contamination of their residences by mercury belonging to the defendant, New England Gas Company (“NE Gas”), an unincorporated division of Southern Union Company, a Delaware Corporation (“Southern Union”).

Suit was brought in the Rhode Island Superior Court but NE Gas, with the consent of co-defendant Clean Harbors Environmental Services (“Clean Harbors”),…