Askey v. Occidental Chemical Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCHNEPP, J.
This action for damages and injunctive and other equitable relief was commenced by eight plaintiffs on their own behalf and on behalf of a purported class of persons and entities for personal injuries and property damage caused by the alleged discharge of toxic substances from defendants’ Hyde Park landfill in the Town of Niagara, New York. They appeal from an order of Special Term which denied their prediscovery motion to maintain the action as a class action and struck from the complaint the allegations relating to the class for which certification was sought.…
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