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HOUSATONIC RIVER v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

Civ. No. B-77-314.

462 F.Supp. 710 (1978)

The HOUSATONIC RIVER, Judith Davidson, and Karan Spirer, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

December 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Spirer, Davidson & Spirer, Westport, Conn., for plaintiff.

William R. Murphy, Tyler, Cooper, Grant, Bowerman & Keefe, New Haven, Conn., for defendant.

RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

DALY, District Judge.

The Housatonic River is a navigable waterway which flows southward across Connecticut and empties into Long Island Sound. The river originates in Massachusetts, where the defendant in this diversity action, General Electric Company, allegedly has deposited into its waters a toxic and durable chemical known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Plaintiffs Davidson and Spirer have brought this action under the...

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