This lengthy story in today's Louisville Courier-Journal reports:
Five local governments in Indiana are among dozens of communities across the country suing the gasoline industry over pollution believed to be caused by the additive commonly known as MTBE.This opinion piece in last Sunday's Indianapolis Star also deals with MTBE. Posted by Marcia Oddi at April 4, 2004 04:56 PMIn all, at least 62 localities from California to Connecticut have filed suits since late September in an effort coordinated by the Dallas, Texas, law firm of Baron & Budd. The flurry of filings came as Congress debated a measure that would grant the gasoline industry protection from such litigation.
The filings include suits by the town of Campbellsburg, Ind.; the cities of Mishawaka, Rockport and South Bend; and the North Newton School Corp., in Newton County.