ELR Citation: ELR 20208
No(s). 04 C 4138 (N.D. Ill. Aug 1, 2007)

A district court held that the owner and the operator of a hazardous waste site in Chicago, Illinois, are jointly and severally liable to the U.S. government for $2,681,337.79 in damages. The government put forth evidence that it incurred $2,543,748.92 in response costs, and neither defendant argued...