Legal Opinion
Harry F. Chaveriat, Jr. v. Williams Pipe Line Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 1993No. 93-1652PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in this diversity suit seek damages for a nuisance caused by petroleum contamination. Illinois law controls. In 1931 Great Lakes Pipe Line Company, the defendant’s predecessor, constructed a six-inch pipeline under a 208-acre tract of farmland in DuPage County. In 1944 the pipeline broke and spilled 30,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline which soaked into the ground and not recovered. The land was owned by Thaddeus Milfeld and farmed by his daughter and son-in-law. Great Lakes paid the daughter and son-in-law for the damage caused by the spill, obtaining a…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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