Legal Opinion
Griffith v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 1993PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The plaintiffs brought an action under G. L. c. 2IE (1990 ed.), the Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention Act, against New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (NET) to recover expenses incurred for the containment and removal of oil and gasoline from a site leased by NET between 1958 and 1984. A judge in the Superior Court held that NET was the “operator of ... a site from or at which there is or has been a release ... of oil or hazardous material,” and ordered NET to pay the plaintiffs $461,266 for cleanup costs. See G. L. c. 21E, § 5 (a) (1). The Appeals Court…
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