N.Y. Federal Judge Partially Dismisses Cross-Claims In Lake Contamination Dispute

Mealey's (April 11, 2023, 3:48 PM EDT) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In partially granting an oil company’s motion to dismiss cross-claims raised by a group of defendants over the company’s release of petroleum and other hazardous substances into Onondaga Lake, a New York federal judge found that the defendants’ fraudulent inducement claim was barred by the statute of limitations and their breach of contract claim was not proper under the terms of a settlement agreement between the parties....