Pruitt v. Allied Chem. Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20170
No(s). 77-0035-R (E.D. Va. Sep 15, 1981)

The court dismisses claims for damages filed by certain categories of plaintiffs alleging indirect economic harm from kepone pollution in the James River and Chesapeake Bay. It holds that seafood wholesalers, retailers, processors, distributors, and restaurateurs may not maintain actions for neglige...