United States Fifth Circuit
STEVENSON v. E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., 02-40569
Plaintiffs can recover under Texas trespass law based on contamination by emission of heavy metal particulates, and evidence showed actual contamination of property by the emissions. Damage award is vacated where evidence did not show value of land before trespass.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/03/2003
- Published 04/03/2003
Judges
- DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and FALLON, District Judge.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Waren Todd Hoeffner,Hoeffner, Bilek & Eidman, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Russell Joe Manning, Hornblower, Manning & Ward, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.