MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court says those who own property near the plant formerly run by electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. in Myrtle Beach may sue over groundwater pollution. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports ...

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Chestnut v. AVX Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-093-15, 9 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, J.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, C.J., joined by John Kittredge, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (Benjamin Culbertson, J.) S.C. S. ...

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Easler v. Hoechst Celanese Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-149-14, 17 pp.) (Timothy Cain, J.) 7:14-cv-00048; D.S.C. Holding: Even though plaintiff’s property itself has not yet tested positive for contamination, the complaint shows that plaintiff has standing to sue under the ...

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Rhodes v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-073-11, 17 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 10-1166, April 8, 2011; USDC at Parkersburg, W.Va. (Goodwin, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: In ...

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Bill Hall Co. v. Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-045-10, 12 pp.) (Margaret B. Seymour, J.) D.S.C. Holding: The plaintiff-landowner’s injury was caused, not by defendant’s discovery of jet fuel contamination on plaintiff’s land, but by the ...

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