Legal Opinion
Highland Industrial Park, Inc. v. BEI Defense Systems Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2004No. 02-4024, 03-1276PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
BEI Defense Systems Company appeals from judgments entered against it after a bench trial on Highland Industrial Park’s claims for trespass, negligence, violations of the Arkansas Hazardous Waste Management Act (AHWMA), and breach of lease covenants. The district court awarded Highland $500,000 in damages and $185,000 in attorney’s fees. We reverse and remand for the reasons explained below.
BEI began leasing property in Highland Industrial Park in 1966, and for twenty-three years it burned waste from its rocket component production process on a part of…
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