On May 12, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied a motion to dismiss crossclaims for cost recovery under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA" and more commonly known as Superfund) in United States v. Pharmacia Corp., No. 99-cv-63.
Section 107(a) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9607(a)), subjects certain ...