The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing the state's attempt to hold prior and past owners liable for its costs of responding to and cleaning up a hazardous waste…
The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court injunction requiring the immediate installation of emissions controls at four TVA generating plants in Alabama and Tennessee. TVA is in…
An Indiana appellate court held that the economic loss doctrine does not preclude a property owner from pursuing negligence claims against a company that previously operated a manufacturing site…
The Florida Supreme Court held that commercial fishermen can recover for economic losses caused by the negligent release of pollutants even if they do not own any property damaged by that…
A district court denied the United States’ motion to dismiss a complaint, brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), in which plaintiff alleged that exposure to contaminants…
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing a class action against 32 contractors hired by the United States to perform dredging activities in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (…
A district court held that residents may go forward with their trespass claims against a liquor distillery that operates a coal-fired production facility near their homes, but dismissed their…
A district court held that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is liable to five homeowners and business under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for damages they incurred in the aftermath of…
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing claims for alleged radiation injuries to residents of Uravan, Colorado, a former uranium and vanadium milling town owned and operated…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing an individual's defective design claims against manufacturers of white lead carbonate pigment, a substance once used…