6th Circuit: Property Owners Cannot Recover Damages From Contaminated Soil Dumping

(August 2, 2024, 8:22 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A property-owning couple is not entitled to damages after a construction company dumped contaminated soil onto their property because the expert testimony and record evidence show that the couple’s property value increased after the company remediated the damage, the majority of a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming a federal trial court’s judgment....