ELR Citation: ELR 20828
No(s). 86-1591 (M.D. Pa. Feb 18, 1988)

The court holds that the failure of landowners to inspect property prior to purchase and to find plainly visible leaking hazardous waste drums does not negate the innocent landowner defense in Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) §101(35). The court first h...