Legal Opinion
Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1988No. 86-6087PublishedCited by 426 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge, on rehearing.
A number of persons, including these plaintiffs, who either lived or owned property near defendant’s landfill, brought a class action for personal injuries and property damage resulting from hazardous chemicals leaking from the landfill and contaminating the local water supply. The district court held the corporation liable upon legal theories of strict liability, common law negligence, trespass, and nuisance. The court awarded five representative members of the class compensatory damages for their personal injuries, as well as property damages,…
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