Legal Opinion
Corvello v. New England Gas Co.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 9, 2008No. C.A. Nos. 05-221T, 05-274T, 05-370T, 05-522TPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ERNEST C. TORRES, Senior District Judge.
These four consolidated cases were brought by more than 120 residents of Tiver-ton, Rhode Island who allege that their properties have been contaminated by hazardous substances contained in coal gasification wastes that were buried in Tiverton approximately fifty years ago. The plaintiffs seek damages and injunctive relief against New England Gas Company (“NEG”), an unincorporated division of Southern Union Company and the successor to Fall River Gas Company (“FR Gas”), the entity that allegedly generated the coal gasification waste.…
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