Legal Opinion
State Department of Environmental Protection v. Fleet Credit Corp.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 12, 1997No. 96-0455PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUNTHER, Chief Judge.
Appellant, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”), filed a complaint against Appellee, Fleet Credit Corporation (“Fleet”), alleging that Fleet was responsible for continuing injury to groundwater caused by the current seepage of hazardous substances disposed and discharged on commercial property in the 1980s. The DEP sought investigative costs, damages, civil fines, and an injunc*514tion requiring Fleet to assess the level of groundwater contamination and abate the existing hazard. Fleet moved for summary judgment, arguing that the statute of limitations had…
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