Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. v. Peerless Insurance

Decided 1986-02-18

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MARTIN, Justice. On 11 January 1980, the United States of America filed an action against Waste Industries and others, including the owners, operators, and the franchisor of the Flemington landfill in New Hanover County, alleging that waste material disposed of on that landfill had leached into and contaminated groundwater beneath it, rendering the well water in several surroundin…

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