State v. C. Spielvogel & Sons Excavating, Inc.

C. Spielvogel & Sons Excavating, Inc. (the Company) and Wayne Spielvogel appeal from a judgment holding that the Company and Spielvogel operated a landfill without a license in violation of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) solid waste regulations. The judgment imposed forfeitures jointly and severally against the Company and Spielvogel and granted an injunction requiring them to remove all nonexempt solid waste from the landfill.

Spielvogel argues that the trial court erred because neither he nor his company was the operator of the landfill as a matter of law. In the event we conclude…