Chestnut v. AVX Corporation

This is an appeal from an order granting respondent’s Rule 12(b)(6), SCRCP, motion, and dismissing appellants’ claims for trespass, nuisance, negligence, and strict liability. Appellants contend on appeal that the court erred in dismissing the *226nuisance, negligence, and strict liability claims.1 We affirm the circuit court’s dismissal of appellants’ nuisance and strict liability causes of action, but reverse the dismissal of the negligence claim.

FACTS

Respondent manufactures electronic parts at a plant in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In 1980, respondent began using a chemical called…