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LANCASTER A. REF. A. v. TRANSAM. INS. CO.

437 Pa. 493 (1970)

Lancaster Area Refuse Authority, Appellant, v. Transamerica Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John I. Hartman, Jr., with him Windolph, Burkholder & Hartman, for appellant.

B.M. Zimmerman, with him Zimmerman, Zimmerman, Myers & Gibbel, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, March 20, 1970:

In November, 1960, appellant, the Lancaster Area Refuse Authority (the Authority), commenced a landfill operation near the City of Lancaster. Refuse dumped by the Authority into this landfill polluted the water wells of two neighboring property owners. In suits brought by the property owners against the Authority for damages, a jury awarded verdicts in their favor, but the trial court entered judgments n.o.v. for the Authority....

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