Legal Opinion
JDN Properties, LLC v. Vanmeter Enterprises, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 19, 2014No. 43A05-1312-PL-586PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARNES, Judge.
Case Summary
JDN Properties, LLC, (“JDN”) appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of VanMeter Enterprises, Inc. (“VEI”). We reverse and remand.
Issue
The sole restated issue before us is whether there is any evidence VEI caused or contributed to ground pollution in land that VEI sold JDN, as required to support JDN’s claim against VEI under Indiana’s Environmental Legal Actions (“ELA”) statute.
Facts
In 1988, Farm Tech, Inc., sold land to VEI located in Warsaw. J. Brock VanMe-ter, Sr., was the president of Farm Tech as well as the sole shareholder,…
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