Legal Opinion
Scott v. NG US 1, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 7, 2008PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
Predominant among the issues raised in this appeal is whether a parent corporation first acquiring an ownership interest in a subsidiary corporation decades after the subsidiary both released environmentally hazardous material and sold the contaminated site, without more, may be liable under G. L. c. 21E for later incurred response costs at the site. We conclude that the parent corporation is not directly liable as an operator of the site.4 We also conclude that, in the circumstances of this case, the parent corporation is not indirectly liable as an operator of the site where there are no…
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