Judge Finds Landowner Responsible For 80 Percent Of Mine Tailings Cleanup

(April 11, 2019, 10:41 AM EDT) -- ROANOKE, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia on March 31 found that the owner of a site that was contaminated by mine tailings is responsible for 80 percent of the response costs incurred in remediating the site while a defendant company that conducted operations at the site should pay the remaining 20 percent (Dixon Lumber Co., Inc. v. Austinville Limestone Co., Inc., No. 16-cv-00130, W.D. Va., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55023)....

Attached Documents

Related Sections