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Reich and Binstock Attorneys Appointed Lead Counsel |
 Reich & Binstock attorneys were lead counsel in a case that achieved a substantial settlement on behalf of neighborhood residents whose property had been contaminated by petroleum from a leaking underground storage tank at a major oil company's gasoline station.
The underground storage tank plume involved in the case was described as one of the largest plumes emanating from a retail gas station in the United States.
Our attorneys have represented numerous individuals' property damage claims involving retail gas stations in Texas, the District of Columbia, Alabama, Massachusetts and Florida.
- Peters v. Amoco Oil Co., 57 F. Supp.2d 1268 (M.D. Ala. 1999) Reich & Binstock was a member of the plaintiffs' steering committee in a Multi-District Litigation Practice Group.
- In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Products Liability Litigation, 175 F. Supp.2d 593 (S.D. New York, 2001)
This case uncovered a substantial wealth of material indicating that the major oil companies predicted the massive problems that have been caused by MTBE leaking from underground storage tanks. In addition discovery revealed that one of the major oil companies commissioned a study that proves that people can taste MTBE in water at a concentration as low as 40 parts per trillion (500 times lower than EPA standards). |
