Hubbard-Hall, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.

RULING AND ORDER

ROBERT N. CHATIGNY, District Judge.

This case arises from contamination of industrial property caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), a highly toxic substance. Plaintiff Hubbard-Hall, a chemical distributor, alleges that PCB-containing paint applied to the exterior of a structure on its property, the Tank Farm Building, has migrated into building materials and surrounding soil. “Old Monsanto,” a predecessor of the named defendants, was the sole manufacturer of PCBs *483in the United States before their manufacture was banned by the EPA in 1977. The Environmental Protection…