Basso v. Sunoco, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek relief from contamination, or threatened contamination, of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl alcohol (“TBA”), a product that is formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. On February 16, 2006, Sunoco, Inc. and Sunoco, Inc. (R & M) (“Sunoco”), defendants in the above-captioned actions, brought a third-party action against the Town of Highlands for indemnity and contribution alleging that MTBE and/or TBA and other contaminants…