Liability Apportionment In CERCLA Row Upheld By 6th Circuit Panel

Mealey's (May 19, 2022, 3:01 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 10 affirmed a Michigan federal judge’s decision to order a Michigan county government office to pay 5% of cleanup costs in an action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act despite also holding that another party was the “sole cause” of the trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination at issue....