Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment On Contaminated Water Trespass Claims

Mealey's (June 24, 2022, 8:05 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge in New Mexico on June 14 granted a government contractor’s motion for partial summary judgment, dismissing property owners’ trespass claims because their property did not adjoin the Animas or San Juan rivers when the waterways were contaminated by acid mine drainage and heavy metals that entered the water from an upstream mine....