Emhart Industries, Inc. v. New England Container Co.

PHASE II FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

William E. Smith, Chief Judge

I. Introduction

Dioxip and other toxic chemical pollution at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site (“Centredale Site” or “Site”) in North Providence, Rhode Island, has led to going on ten years of litigation over which parties are responsible and what is the appropriate remedy. The Court divided the litigation into three phases. (See Eighth Revised Case Management Order, ECF No. 295.)1 At the close of trial in Phase I, the Court found Emhart jointly and severally liable for the release of dioxin at…