6th Circuit Finds Corporate Successor Not Indirectly Liable For Cleanup Costs

CINCINNATI - The corporate successor to two companies that operated a manufactured gas facility in Florida is not indirectly liable to contribute to a plaintiff company's response costs to clean up groundwater contamination under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 10 in affirming the defendant's award of summary judgment (Duke Energy Florida LLC v. FirstEnergy Corp., No. 17-3024, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 8932).
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