Mailman's Steam Carpet Cleaning Corp. v. Lizotte

This is an appeal from judgments awarding damages due to oil contamination of a parcel of property. The plaintiff, Mailman’s Steam Carpet Cleaning Corp. (Mailman), purchased the property for $63,000 from the defendant, Alfred C. Lizotte (Lizotte), in 1985. Located on the property were eleven underground oil tanks. A previous owner, Bolster Oil Company, Inc. (Bolster), had operated a service station and fuel oil business on the property from 1945 through 1984. In connection with Mailman’s purchase of the property, Lizotte promised Mailman that the underground tanks were in proper working order…