Legal Opinion
Providence & Worcester Railroad v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 2, 1993PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The principal issue in this case, arising from the trial judge’s allowance of the defendants’ motions for directed verdicts, is whether the jury would have been warranted in finding that one or both of the defendants caused petroleum contamination discovered in 1988 in soil on property in Worcester now owned by the plaintiff railroad (P & W). We transferred P & W’s appeal to this court on our own motion. We affirm the judgment for the defendants.
P & W seeks to recover costs it incurred in responding to contamination found on its property. P & W also seeks a declaration of the defendants’…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Shea v. Bay State Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Dedham Water Company and Dedham-Westwood Water District v. Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Wellesley Hills Realty Trust v. Mobil Oil Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1990
- Goffredo v. Mercedes-Benz Truck Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Griffith v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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- Atlas Tack Corp. v. CrosbyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
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