Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Blackhawk Leather LLC
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided July 30, 2008No. 2007AP1400PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C.J.
¶ 1. This lawsuit concerns a now-closed landfill in Muskego. The plaintiffs are nearby landowners whose water is contaminated with a toxic chemical called vinyl chloride, which they allege came from the landfill. Their suit against Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc., the landfill's operator, is still pending in the circuit court, and is not before us in this appeal. Rather, this is the plaintiffs' appeal of the circuit court's summary judgment dismissing a group of defendants known as "the Generators." These are businesses that, at various times, generated waste that was dumped at the…
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