Legal Opinion
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad v. Davis Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 17, 1992No. Civ. 90-1619-APublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
In this case, a landowner, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (“RF & P”) sued numerous defendants for dumping hazardous waste at its scrap recycling and disposal site, claiming the defendants were liable for cleaning up the site under CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9607, and Virginia common law. One of the defendants, Washington Gas, allegedly sent to RF & P’s site gas air conditioners that leaked PCBs while being stored, handled, and destroyed for recycling. Washington Gas, as a third-party plaintiff, has now sued Carrier Corporation…
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