Reeder Flying Service v. Crompton

On June 14, 1965, defendant Hepner, an employee of defendant Reeder Flying Service, was piloting an airplane over the lands of the plaintiff located two miles north of Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming. He was forced to jettison a quantity of a chemical commonly known as 2, 4-D. The chemical settled on an area of approximately 22 acres of alfalfa land and upon 34 acres of brome grass and clover hay. The spray killed or damaged the alfalfa and clover.

Plaintiff filed his complaint alleging that defendants negligently and carelessly sprayed 2, 4-D upon the crops, trees, vegetation, bushes and…