Legal Opinion
Leo v. General Electric Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 17, 1986No. 86 CV 0061PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, United States Magistrate.
Plaintiffs brought an action in the Supreme Court of New York, Suffolk County, claiming economic loss due to defendant General Electric’s (“GE”) discharge of pollutants into the Hudson River. Plaintiffs, commercial fishermen and charter boat operators, allege that such toxic wastes contaminated striped bass and resulted in the Spring, 1985 sales ban of the fish. Plaintiffs seek ten million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages as well as injuncfive relief. On October 29, 1985, plaintiffs…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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