Was It Buyer’s Remorse, Sloppy Drafting or Simply No Meeting of the Minds?

It is hard to tell if Malcolm Carter Enterprises v. Microsemi Real Estate, Inc., 2011Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 3583 (Ct. App.-4th Div 5/12/11) is a case of buyer’s remorse, sloppy drafting or simply the lack of a meeting of the minds. It is surprising that what should have been a fairly straight-forward transaction resulted in […]

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Court Finds No Successor or Parent Liability For “Indirect” (Grandparent) Corporation

In Precision Brand Products. v. Downers Grove Sanitary District, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88009 (N.D. 8/811), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) detected TCE in private wells  serving a residential community adjacent to the Ellsworth Industrial Park (EIP) in Downers Grove, Ill in 2001. The federal EPA conducted an investigation and issued PRP notices. A

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Connecticut Supreme Court Rejects Use of “Reverse Veil Piercing” In Environmental Enforcement Action

In the usual veil piercing case, a plaintiff asks a court to disregard a corporate entity so the assets of the owner can be used to satisfy the liability of the entity. However, sometimes the plaintiff seeks to use corporate assets to satisfy the debts of a shareholder under a theory known as “reverse veil-piercing”.

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Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Spoliation Rule In Mold Case

Can a person faced with environmental conditions posing potential health risks implement remedial measures without running the risk of being sanctioned for destroying evidence? This problem can arise when a consultant destroys soil or groundwater samples but what about a mold case where  the home itself is the evidence? This was the issue addressed in Miller

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Court allows Claim To Proceed Against Home Builder For Failing To Disclose Wetlands

In Stalvey v. NVR, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2506 (N.D. Ohio 1/09/12), the plaintiffs entered into an Ohio Purchase Agreement with defendant for the construction and purchase of a house. As part of the Agreement, defendant provided plaintiff with a Topographic Survey & Improvement Plan that did not depict the presence of wetlands on

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Wisconsin Appeals Ct Says Corporate Agents May Be Individually Liable for Misstatements in Property Condition Reports

In Ferris v. Location 3 Corp., 804 N.W.2d 822 (Wisc. Ct. App.  2011), the plaintiff Ferris purchased real property located from defendant Location 3 Corporation.3 Sometime after closing, Ferris discovered that the landfill adjacent to his property was also a Superfund4 site. Ferris then filed a complaint against Location 3 and certain employees of firm

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Seller Allows Broker To Draft Environmental Condition and Then Loses Breach of Contract Case

Hager’s of Cohasset, Inc. v. Nelson, 2011Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 156 (Minn.Ct. App. Feb. 15, 2011) is yet another lesson from a long line of cases that illustrate the risks of not using counsel for commercial property transactions especially those have problematic environmental issues. In this case, the plaintiff operated a fuel-oil business. In October 2007,

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GAO Report Discusses Concerns About Pipelines Used For Fracking Operations

Approximately 2.5 million miles of pipelines transverse the United States carrying hazardous liquids and natural gas from producing wells to end users (residences and businesses). Many of these pipeline networks are aging while others such as natural gas gathering pipelines remain largerly unregulated. Moreover, development has encroached on many of pipelines that were formerly located

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Court Rejects EPA Challenge to State BACT Determination for Coal Power Plant

The Clean Air Act imposes an alphabet soup of emission control technologies on owners and operators of stationary sources. Depending on the regulatory program and air pollutants, a facility may have to comply with BACT, BART, BDT, GACT, LAER, MACT and RACT. While the process of identifying the applicable emission standard is largely a technical

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