Panel Reverses, Remands Case After Saying Wrong Legal Standard Was Applied

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California appeals panel on Sept. 13 reversed and remanded a groundwater contamination lawsuit, ruling that a trial court applied the wrong standard to determine whether the predecessors to a chemical company incurred direct liability for control over activities resulting in the hazardous waste discharges that tainted local drinking water (Atlantic Richfield Company v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, No. C086745, Calf. App., 3rd Dist., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6123).
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