Garrett Day, LLC v. International Paper Co.

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20034
No(s). 3:15-cv-36 (S.D. Ohio Feb 12, 2016) (Rice, J.)

A district court held that the owner of a contaminated property that was once the site of a paper mill may not seek response costs from a company that had purchased the assets of the prior owner of the mill. The owner argued that the company was liable under CERCLA under a de facto merger theory of ...