Legal Opinion
Pratt Central Park Limited Partnership v. Dames & Moore, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1995No. 94-2761, 94-3663PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Dames & Moore, an engineering firm, performed a series of environmental risk assessments for the Alter Group, Ltd., between 1988 and 1990. Early in 1989 D & M evaluated the premises of Lind Plastic Products; it reported some asbestos but no underground contamination. Alter Group formed Pratt Central Park Limited Partnership to purchase the property. Later it came to light that the Lind property has two underground storage tanks containing hazardous chemicals. Alter (as we call both Alter Group and the partnership) has incurred cleanup expenses that it pegs at…
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