District Court, S.D. New York September 16, 2005, 1:00-1898, MDL 1358(SAS), M21-88 (In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation)

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case is one of dozens in a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”), in which numerous plaintiffs .are seeking relief from contamination or threatened contamination of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”).

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This opinion relates only to

Hope Koch, et al. v.