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Neil Witkes is a partner with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP. He has a wide range of civil and administrative environmental and commercial litigation experience, including class actions, toxic tort claims, insurance coverage suits, defense of agency enforcement actions, citizen suits, challenges to agency action, contract claims, and cost recovery actions. He has represented industrial and commercial entities, as well as real estate developers and closely-held companies, in a variety of environmental and general-commercial litigation matters.
Sheridan v. NGK Metals Corp., 609 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2010) affirming summary judgment in medical monitoring actions against representatives of two classes - residents for ambient air exposures and employees for occupational exposures.
Wack v. Farmland Indus., Inc., 1999 Pa. Super. 327, 744 A.2d 265 (Pa. Super.Ct. 1999) (granting summary judgment after plaintiff's toxicologist was precluded from testifying about link between ingestion of benzene and decedent's cancer).
Frazer Exton Dev., L.P. v. Kemper Envtl., Ltd., 2004 WL 1752580 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (first reported decision holding that environmental "cost cap" policy applied to cost overruns for remedy change), aff'd, 153 F. App'x 31 (2d Cir. 2005) and 2007 WL 756494 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) (entering partial judgment for $5.6 million as ancillary relief to prior declaratory judgment).
Neil defended a former specialty metals manufacturer against several class actions filed in state and federal courts seeking medical monitoring from exposure to airborne emissions from manufacturing activities into the ambient air. See Sheridan v. NGK Metals Corp., 609 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2010) (summary judgment in residential and occupational exposure class actions);Pohl v. NGK Metals Corp., 2003 WL 24207633 (Ct. Com. Pl. Phila. County July 9, 2003) (denying class certification on grounds that individual issues predominate over any issues common to the class), aff'd, 863 A.2d 1239 (Pa. Super. 2004) (Table), appeal denied, 582 Pa. 718, 872 A.2d 1200 (2005) (Table); Anthony v. Small Tube Mfg. Corp., 535 F. Supp. 2d 506 (E.D. Pa. 2007) (class action complaint properly removed to federal court under Class Action Fairness Act, denying petition to remand action to state court).
Neil defended a public utility against a class action filed in state court seeking testing and medical monitoring as the result of the "threatened release" of mercury during removal of pressure regulators.
Neil defended an operator of a landfill against a class action filed in state court seeking damages for nuisance and diminution of property value as a result of landfill operations.
Township of Florence v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dep't of Envtl. Prot. and Waste Mgmt. of Pa., Inc., No. 96-045-MG (Pa. Envtl. Hearing. Bd. Aug. 26, 1997) (dismissing appeal of air quality plan approval for landfill expansion, finding no evidence of violation of new source review requirements).
Perkasie Borough Auth. v. Hilltown Township Water & Sewer Auth., 819 A.2d 597 (Pa. Commw.Ct. 2003) (dismissing mandamus action seeking preliminary injunction to enjoin construction of municipal wastewater treatment plant).
Waste Mgmt. of Pa., Inc. v. City of York, 910 F. Supp. 1035 (M.D. Pa. 1995) (limiting government’s authority to provide contribution protection to settling defendants under CERCLA).
Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. v. Doe, 395Pa. Super. 595, 577 A.2d 1358 (1990) (title company entitled to priority over competing title company disputing claims against commingled funds, having acted to preserve rights and fund).
Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business listing (environmental law), since 2008. The Chambers list is issued by Chambers and Partners. Click here to view the selection methodology.
Best Lawyers® in America listing (environmental litigation), since 2009. The Best Lawyers list is issued by Woodward/White Inc. Click here to view the selection methodology.
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers listing (environmental litigation), since 2005; Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer listing, 2012. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters. Click here to view the selection methodology.

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