Legal Opinion
Capogeannis v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 19, 1993No. H010220PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.
In 1984 William and Kathleen Capogeannis bought land from William and Rita Spence. At the time of the purchase the Capogeannises did not know that there were underground fuel storage tanks on the land, or that the tanks had leaked and had contaminated soil and groundwater with petroleum hydrocarbons, but by early December 1987 the Capogeannises were fully aware of the contamination and of their responsibility, as the current landowners, for cleaning it up. In December 1990 the Capogeannises sued the Spences and Tri-Pallet, Inc., a long-term tenant on the land, on…
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