Dextrom v. Wexford County

This case arises from the operation of a landfill by defendants, Wexford County, Wexford County Landfill, and the Wexford County Department of Public Works. Plaintiffs are property owners who allege that contaminants from the landfill entered their groundwater, causing property damage and other economic injuries. Defendants asserted a defense of governmental immunity. The trial court found that, although defendants’ unlicensed operation of the landfill was not ultra vires, there were questions of material fact concerning whether the operation fell within the proprietary function exception to…