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Washington Supreme Court Holds Investigation Costs Qualify As Remedial Costs Even When No Cleanup Is Required, But Prevailing Party Status Determination Was Premature

January 22nd, 2018
In Douglass v. Shamrock Paving, Inc., 2017 Wash. LEXIS 1149 (December 21, 2017), the Washington Supreme Court held that soil testing conducted by a landowner qualified as a “remedial action” under the state’s Model Toxics Control Act Read More
Categories: Cost Recovery, Environmental Litigation, Remediation
Tags: Tiffany Hedgpeth

Federal Court’s Dismissal of Buyer’s Fraud Action in Allegedly Contaminated Gas Station Sale Highlights the Need for Land Purchasers to Conduct Independent Environmental Assessments

October 1st, 2012
A Washington federal district court denied purchaser Pyramid Gold, Inc.’s claim that it was misled as to the level of contamination present at the gas station it purchased from BP West Coast Products, LLC. Pyramid Gold agreed to the sale after rece… Read More
Categories: Environmental Litigation, Land Use & Development, Remediation
Tags: John Edgcomb

Federal District Court Allows Chevron to Proceed with a CERCLA § 107 Cost Recovery Action to Attempt to Hold Non-Settling “Smaller Responsible Parties” Jointly and Severally Liable for All Response Costs

September 11th, 2012
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in Chevron’s CERCLA § 107 cost recovery action against them in connection with the EPC Eastside Disposal Facility site outside of Bakers… Read More
Categories: CERCLA, Cost Recovery, Environmental Litigation, Remediation
Tags: Clare Bienvenu, John Edgcomb

State of California v. Continental Insurance: California Supreme Court Ruling Paves the Way for “Stacking” Multiple Insurance Policy Limits in Response to Certain Environmental Cleanup Claims

August 30th, 2012
On August 9, 2012, in State of California v. Continental Insurance, S170506, the California Supreme Court applied the “all sums-with-stacking” rule to allow the State of California to “stack” the policy limits of several successive insurance… Read More
Categories: Environmental Litigation, Insurance & Liability, Remediation
Tags: John Edgcomb

Wind-Powered Remediation at the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Cape Cod, MA

April 30th, 2010
In their Clean-Up Information website, the EPA reported that a wind turbine has recently begun operating at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) on Cape Cod, MA, and will produce 25-30% of the energy used by the remediation treatment. The Air… Read More
Categories: Emerging Issues, Remediation, Renewable Energy
Tags: Michael Einhorn