Legal Question in Environmental Law in Massachusetts

contaminated ground water

a water reclaimation project was started on my propery over two years ago for contaminated ground water from a sunoco station next door we gave writtin permisson to do the testing and cleanup thinking we were doing good, but the project is still going on and theres alot of pipes and wells in my yard and our quality of life is being disturbed and the property can not be sold and this has become a nuisance now is ther anything that can be done for compensation from sunoco?


Asked on 12/03/08, 1:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Philip Posner Philip B. Posner, Attorney at Law

Re: contaminated ground water

The answer to your question lies in at least two places: (1) the documents you signed giving "permission" for the clean up and (2) the "facts on the ground" (i.e. whether or not the clean up company is acting - reasonably speaking - within the terms of the document you signed and with reasonable business practices. I can't give you a more precise answer without knowing more of the facts and reviewing documents.

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Answered on 12/03/08, 5:50 pm


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