Legal Opinion
Nutrasweet Company, and Monsanto Company v. X-L Engineering Company, and Paul T. Prikos, Individually
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 2000No. 99-3863PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., allows private parties to recover the costs they incur in cleaning up hazardous wastes. NutraSweet and Monsanto (collectively “NutraSweet”) sued X-L Engineering and its president and principal shareholder, Paul Prikos (collectively “XL”), for improperly disposing of hazardous compounds which contaminated NutraSweet’s property. The district court entered partial summary judgment in favor of NutraSweet, finding X-L to be at least partly responsible for the…
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