Beckman Lawson, LLP Announces Complaint Filed Against Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC.FORT WAYNE Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, , Ind. -- Beckman Lawson, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol announced today, December 17, 2004, a Complaint seeking damages in excess of $9,000,000 was filed in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. , Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division, against Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . The Complaint is brought by local property owners, Bitler Investment Venture, LLC, and Melching Investment Venture, LLC, alleging that Marathon breached multiple lease agreements and committed environmental waste upon approximately 14 different properties and locations where Marathon had placed their gas stations. The Complaint further alleges that Marathon's conduct in breaching leases and committing waste on properties "was guided by anti-competitive motives." The Complaint alleges "the Bitlers and Melchings were independent business persons whose real estate interests included commercial properties in small towns and cities in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio." The Complaint further alleges multiple counts of waste wherein Marathon allegedly left properties "contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. " and "decimated the properties' commercial value." |
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