Ellison v. Rayonier Incorporated

BOLDT, District Judge.

In seventeen actions, of which the captioned case is typical, plaintiffs seek to recover damages for loss allegedly sustained by reason of water pollution resulting from the operation of defendant’s pulp and cellulose mill at or near Shelton, Thurston County, Washington. Plaintiffs’ properties include tidelands in the state waters of Puget Sound at varying distances up to several miles from defendant’s plant from which an effluence of chemicals, unreclaimed wood products, and other waste materials is discharged into state waters of the Sound. The complaints allege the…