Wilshire Westwood Associates v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

Wilshire Westwood Associates and Platt Development Corporation appeal from summary judgment entered against them in their action seeking damages from former lessees for the costs of abating soil contamination on a parcel of property. They assert error in the court’s grant of summary adjudication of two issues: that operation of a gasoline service station is not an ultrahazardous activity giving rise to strict liability; and that no claim for private nuisance can be stated against a former occupant of property by a subsequent purchaser of the same property. They challenge the…