Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1988-10-20

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RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge, on rehearing. A number of persons, including these plaintiffs, who either lived or owned property near defendant’s landfill, brought a class action for personal injuries and property damage resulting from hazardous chemicals leaking from the landfill and contaminating the local water supply. The district court held the corporation liable upon legal theories of strict liability, common law n…

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