White v. County of Newberry

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

William White, Mary Frances White, and Bill White Enterprises, Inc. (“Whites”) *170brought an action against the County of Newberry, South Carolina (“County”), alleging claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and state law claims of inverse condemnation, negligence, strict liability, and trespass, all to recover response costs and monetary damages resulting from the County’s alleged discharge of contaminants into the Whites’ ground water and well. A jury awarded the Whites $172,000.00 in damages under the theory of…