By Samantha Ahearn | Published January 21, 2015 | Posted in Blog | Tagged Tags: contamination, Environmental Cleanup, Groundwater Contamination, Remediation | Leave a comment
DUPONT’S PLANNED SPINOFF COMPANY, SLATED TO ACCEPT COMPANY’S ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES, DRAWS CONCERN DuPont Co., one of the nation’s largest chemical manufacturers, is proceeding with its plan to spin off several of its businesses into a new company called The Chemours Co. In what might ordinarily be considered a business page story, environmentalists and New Jersey Read More
Read MoreFailure to Assert All Damages in Contamination Claims May Cause Failure to Obtain Full Recovery When a property owner’s investment property was contaminated by a leaking gasoline station next door, his case was ultimately dismissed for failing to allege all of the damages early in his litigation against the oil company. This happened in the Read More
Read MoreIn CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, 134 S. Ct. 2175 (2014), the Supreme Court held in a 7-2 decision that the federal Superfund law, also known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), does not supersede a state law in North Carolina that requires lawsuits to be brought within 10 years from the Read More
Read MoreEdison residents sue Chevron for alleged contamination By Jack Murtha General Media Newspapers (January 17, 2014) EDISON — Several residents have filed a civil lawsuit against Chevron Corp. for damages that allegedly stemmed from the company’s discharge of hazardous materials, which are said to have contaminated several properties off New York Boulevard. “This case is Read More
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