Alfieri v. Bertorelli

Defendants1 appeal as of right the trial court’s denial of various motions for summary disposition, a directed verdict, and judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). Plaintiffs cross-appeal as of right certain of the jury instructions given by the trial court. We affirm.

This matter arises out of plaintiffs’ purchase of a condominium unit in what had once been an abandoned factory. The factory had been contaminated with trichloroethylene, and, in the process of converting it into condominiums, a vapor barrier was installed, but the site was never properly decontaminated. Plaintiffs were led…