Legal Opinion
Valbruna Slater Steel Corporat v. Joslyn Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2019No. 18-2633 & 18-2738PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
St. Eve, Circuit Judge.
This case is about an on-and-off, decades-long effort to stop an Indiana steel mill's pollution. Valbruna Slater Steel purchased the mill (or the "site") in 2004, and it quickly got to work on needed, but costly, cleanup efforts. Valbruna then sued Joslyn Manufacturing Company, which last operated the site in 1981, to recover costs under both the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Indiana's Environmental Legal Actions statute (ELA).
Joslyn's fault is undisputed; its operation of the site started the pollution problems. But…
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