| Docket # | SJC-09874 |
| Date | February 7, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Hazardous materials. Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention Act. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. Real property, Environmental damage. Contract, Indemnity, Construction of contract. Practice, Civil, Judgment not withstanding verdict, Costs, Attorney's fees, Interest. Statute, Construction. Evidence, Relevancy and materiality. Jurisdiction, Superior court. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Thomas P. Billings |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Bank: C. Dylan Sanders, Lisa Goodheart |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Thermo Elemental, Inc.: Jonathan Sablone, Marcus E. Cohn, J. Christopher Allen, Jr. |
| Amici Curiae | Commonwealth of Massachusetts; LSP Association, Inc.; Real Estate Bar Association; Abstract Club |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |