Anderson Insulation Co. v. Department of Public Health

Fundamentally, this is a reprise of a controversy about urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) that was the subject of Borden, Inc. v. Commissioner of Pub. Health, 388 Mass. 707, cert. denied, 464 U.S. 936 (1983).2 In this appeal, which is from five, consolidated civil actions disposed of by three summary judgment orders in Superior Court, the plaintiffs, who are installers3 of UFFI, contend: first, that by reason of passage of time since the 1983 opinion, the UFFI installed in these cases ought no longer to be classified as a hazardous substance4; and, second, that thirty-two repurchase…