Chance v. BP Chemicals, Inc.

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 77 Ohio St.3d 17.] CHANCE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. BP CHEMICALS, INC., APPELLEE, ET AL. [Cite as Chance v. BP Chemicals, Inc.,

1996-Ohio-352.] Real property—Determining actionable trespass—Property owners subsurface rights are not absolute—Subsurface rights include the right to exclude invasions of subsurface property that actually interfere with the property owners’ reasonable and foreseeable use of the subsurface. (No. 95-970—Submitted May 8, 1996—Decided October 30, 1996.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga County, Nos.…