Opinion
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12-14-2023
IN RE HOOSICK FALLS PFOA CASES v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. EDWARD ANDRICK and LAURIE ANDRICK, Plaintiffs, DIANE BAMRICK, as an individual and in her capacity as Executrix of the ESTATE OF EDWARD BAMRICK, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants. BRYAN SCHROM, NICKOLAS SCHROM, MARGARET SARGOOD, LISA TIFFT, and RUTH TIFFT, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. DONALD BRADLEY, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. ARNOLD BULLINGER, TRAVIS CONQUEST, and BRETT FERRARO, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. TSUNGANI CLEMONS, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. ROBERT DECKER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. JAMES DONAVAN, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. MARK DRISCOLL, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants. TIFFANY BACON, ROBERT HOLOVACH, and TRACY HOLOVACH Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. BRIDGET FOSTER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. ARNOLD BULLINGER, individually and as Executor of the ESTATE OF EDWARD FROMMER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. LINDA GARDNER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. CRYSTAL GATES, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants. MELISSA GORMAN, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. BRANDON HARRINGTON, individual; S.H., a minor, by his father and natural guardian Brandon Harrington; and T.H., a minor, by his father and natural guardian Brandon Harrington, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Defendant. SUE HICKEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN HICKEY, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. DOUGLAS and DEBRA HOLMSTEDT, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. MARY LUCEY, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. MARCUS MARTINEZ, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. DEREK MILLER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. JOYCE MORIER, JAMES MORIER and KIMBERLY MOORE, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. TARA MULLER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. FRANK PERRELLI, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. JAY POKINES, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. R.M. BACON, LLC and MICHAEL BACON, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. QUINN RASMUS, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. KATHLEEN REECE, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants. BERNICE ROSENBERG and STANLEY ROSENBERG, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. MANDA RUSSELL, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. LISA SCHNEIDER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. RYAN SLOWEY, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants. JENNY STONE, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. ANN SWEENER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. IAN WEBBER, in his capacity as the Executor of the ESTATE OF SEAN WEBBER, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants. JUDITH WHITE, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. BEVERLY and ROGER WHITE, Plaintiffs, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. KENNETH WICKENDEN, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY and 3M CO., Defendants. LORI WYMAN, Plaintiff, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP., SAINT-GOBAIN CORPORATION, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. f/k/a ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. and/or ALLIED SIGNAL LAMINATE SYSTEMS, INC., and 3M COMPANY, E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY, and THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, Defendants.
Stephen G. Schwarz Hadley E. Lundback FARACI LANGE, LLP James L. Bilsborrow WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C David A. Engel GILCHRIST TINGLEY P.C Patrick J. Lanciotti NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC Terrence McCartney Austin T. Osborn MCCARTNEY STUCKY LLC Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sheila L. Birnbaum Mark S. Cheffo Douglas E. Fleming, III Paul A. LaFata DECHERT LLP Christopher Fenlon HINCKLEY ALLEN Attorneys for Defendant Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation Elissa Preheim (pro hac vice) ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP Jennifer Kwapisz ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP Attorneys for Defendant Honeywell International Inc. John M. Johnson Lana A. Olson Jeffrey P. Doss Clinton T. Speegle Meghan S. Cole LIGHTFOOT, FRANKLIN & WHITE LLC Benjamin W. Hill CAPEZZA HILL, LLP Attorneys for Defendant E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company Andrew J. Calica Whitney Suflas MAYER BROWN LLP Attorneys for Defendant 3M Company
Stephen G. Schwarz
Hadley E. Lundback
FARACI LANGE, LLP
James L. Bilsborrow
WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C
David A. Engel
GILCHRIST TINGLEY P.C
Patrick J. Lanciotti
NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC
Terrence McCartney
Austin T. Osborn
MCCARTNEY STUCKY LLC
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Sheila L. Birnbaum
Mark S. Cheffo
Douglas E. Fleming, III
Paul A. LaFata
DECHERT LLP
Christopher Fenlon
HINCKLEY ALLEN
Attorneys for Defendant Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
Elissa Preheim (pro hac vice)
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
Jennifer Kwapisz
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
Attorneys for Defendant Honeywell International Inc.
John M. Johnson
Lana A. Olson
Jeffrey P. Doss
Clinton T. Speegle
Meghan S. Cole
LIGHTFOOT, FRANKLIN & WHITE LLC
Benjamin W. Hill
CAPEZZA HILL, LLP
Attorneys for Defendant E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
Andrew J. Calica
Whitney Suflas
MAYER BROWN LLP
Attorneys for Defendant 3M Company
STIPULATION AND ORDER
DANIEL J. STEWART, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
WHEREAS Defendant Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. (“Saint-Gobain”) has filed one or more answers and affirmative defenses in each of the above-captioned actions (the “Actions”);
WHEREAS Saint-Gobain pleaded the following affirmative defense in each of the Actions:
Saint-Gobain denies any negligence, culpable conduct or liability on its part but, if Saint-Gobain ultimately is found liable for any portion of Plaintiff's alleged damages, Saint-Gobain shall only be liable for its equitable share of Plaintiff's alleged damages;
WHEREAS Saint-Gobain seeks to amend and clarify its affirmative defenses in an efficient and uniform manner;
WHEREAS, the Parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, consent to Saint- Gobain amending its pleadings as provided herein;
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby STIPULATED AND AGREED that the operative answers of Saint-Gobain in each of the Actions shall be deemed to be amended and to set forth affirmative defenses as follows:
Saint-Gobain denies any negligence, culpable conduct or liability on its part but, if Saint-Gobain ultimately is found liable for any portion of Plaintiff's alleged
damages, Saint-Gobain shall only be liable for its equitable share of each Plaintiff's alleged damages, pursuant to Article 16 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules.and
Pursuant to Section 15-108 of the New York General Obligations Law and applicable case law, insofar as any Plaintiff has given an individual or entity other than Saint-Gobain a release from, covenant not to sue for, or covenant not to enforce a judgment of liability for a purported injury that Saint-Gobain is ultimately found liable therefor, that Plaintiff's claim must be reduced (1) to the extent of the amount stipulated by the release or covenant, (2) in the amount of the consideration paid for the release or covenant, or (3) in the amount of the released individual's or entity's equitable share of the damages under Article 14 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, whichever is greatest.In each of the above-listed affirmative defenses, the reference to “Plaintiff” and “Plaintiff's” shall refer to “Plaintiffs” and “Plaintiffs'” in those Actions that assert claims by multiple Plaintiffs and, in applicable cases, shall be inclusive of decedent estates.
All of the above is SO ORDERED.