Legal Opinion
Gail v. New England Gas Co., Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 3, 2006No. Civ. A. 05-221T, 05-274T, 05-370T, 05-522TPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ERNEST C. TORRES, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in these four cases reside on and/or own property in Tiverton, Rhode Island. They brought these actions against New England Gas Company (“NE Gas”), an unincorporated division of Southern Union Company (“Southern Union”), alleging that, approximately fifty years ago, hazardous substances that were the by-product of a coal gasification process utilized by Fall River Gas Company (“FRGC”), NE Gas’s predecessor, were deposited as fill on the plaintiffs’ property.
The multi-count complaints assert claims for negligence, gross…
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