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J. Peterson denies the city's motion to exclude the "tribal scenario" portion of the Monsanto's expert's opinion in the city's complaint accusing the agrochemical company of manufacturing polychlorinated biphenyls that contaminated the Lower Duwamish River. The city does not sufficiently argue how the tribal scenario's use of specific data from a 2000 fish consumption survey of the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Indian Reservation in the Puget Sound Region, rather than data from the entire Puget Sound Region, makes it irrelevant to this lawsuit.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Peterson, Filed On: December 1, 2023, Case #: 2:16cv107, NOS: Torts to Land - Real Property, Categories: environment, experts, discovery
J. Peterson denies Monsanto's motion to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Lisa Rodenburg from the city's lawsuit alleging that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the company's product, Aroclor, contaminated the Lower Duwamish River. Monsanto claims that Dr. Rodenburg's methodology was rigged "to ensure environmental sampling data would resemble Aroclor rather than byproduct PCB sources," but her academic remarks that several locations across the United States contained PCB congeners that can contribute to water pollution do not undermine her opinion that Aroclor is the primary source of PCB contamination in the river.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Peterson, Filed On: September 13, 2023, Case #: 2:16cv107, NOS: Torts to Land - Real Property, Categories: environment, experts, discovery
J. Peterson denies the city's motion to prevent Monsanto's experts from testifying on the identified opinions in their reports sans their opinions about landfills as a source of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in litigation alleging that Monsanto and others intentionally manufactured and distributed PCBs that contaminated the Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) and the city's stormwater and drainage systems. The experts' remaining identified testimony is relevant to the case. Unlike the opinions about the landfills, the remaining testimony can address the city's public nuisance claim, as the experts opine on how the city or other parties could have contributed to the LDW's contamination.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Peterson, Filed On: August 18, 2023, Case #: 2:16cv107, NOS: Torts to Land - Real Property, Categories: environment, experts, discovery
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