JACKSON v. KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION

No. 12396.

495 P.2d 1254 (1972)

27 Utah 2d 310

Paul R. JACKSON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Lee, and LeRoy S. Axland, of Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

John D. Pearce, and Wendell E. Bennett, of Strong & Hanni, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and respondents.


CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs initiated this action claiming they had sustained damage to their motor vehicles, while they were parked in a parking lot maintained by defendant. Plaintiffs alleged that from December 15, 1966, through January 6, 1969, defendant negligently allowed acid or other harmful substances to flow into the air about its smelter facilities in Salt Lake County; these substances, when associated with certain atmospheric conditions, caused...

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