Defense of high visibility mass action toxic tort claims against major energy concern by residents of beach community
for alleged contamination of public and private real property and for alleged exposure to carcinogenic chemicals and compounds
Not exact matches
Nor can any factual warrant be claimed
for asserting the biological harmfulness of miscegenation — the
alleged «
contamination» of «superior» racial stock by crossing it with «inferior.»
As
for the
alleged predisposition of a given ethnicity to an exacting ailment, augmented vulnerability to infectivity, etc., such qualities, in general, don't demonstrate an «ethnic» nature, but are associated with societal, enlightening and extra living conditions, the closeness of hot spots of
contamination, the grade of adaptation during immigration, and all that.
The government
alleged in its suit that Arch's predecessor, Arch Minerals Corp., is partly
for the
contamination.
In a complex products liability action involving
alleged PCB
contamination of a state office building, the Appellate Practice Group joined forces with litigation counsel to convert a $ 60 million judgment to a defense verdict
for a large, multinational company.
The plaintiff had
alleged that the defendant was responsible
for the
contamination of the property which it had recently purchased.
Ms. Ernst owns land near Rosebud, Alberta, and is suing EnCana Corporation, the ERCB (now the Alberta Energy Regulator) and Alberta Environment (now Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources Development)
for negligence in relation to the
alleged contamination of her groundwater as a result of EnCana's hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activities in the area.
Defense of a chemical manufacturer in mass action claims
for medical monitoring, property damage and personal injury arising out of
alleged environmental
contamination in West Virginia.
The actions have been brought by various states, including Vermont and New Jersey, seeking to recover damages
for alleged groundwater
contamination at sites throughout those states.
But the court stated that the Owners only evidence
for the
alleged nuisance was the reduction in property values, not an objective condition like the water
contamination.
Venezia v. Coldwell Banker Sammis Realty (270 A.D. 2d 480)- buyer's action against seller
for fraud
for failing to disclose toxic
contamination of untapped ground water beneath the property and surrounding area dismissed; cause of action against brokers severed; buyer's claim of fraud against seller was extinguished upon closing as a result of specific merger clause in contract of sale; moreover, buyer's failed to
allege that seller made any representation about the condition of the land's subsurface or groundwater and did not
allege that seller engaged in concealment or otherwise deceitful conduct designed to prevent the discovery of such
contamination; seller is under no duty to speak; salesperson of one of the defendant real estate agencies represented to buyer that the house was in good condition