Judge Dismisses Contamination Remediation Suit, Finds No Settlement Breach Alleged

Mealey's (April 6, 2022, 12:06 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge in Puerto Rico on March 10 granted an oil company’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract complaint filed by property owners who allege that the company failed to comply with an earlier settlement agreement requiring it to remediate alleged contamination at a service station, holding that the plaintiffs failed to identify any obligation detailed in the agreement that the company breached....