WILSON AUTO ENTERPRISES, INC. v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

Civ. A. No. 91-359L.

778 F.Supp. 101 (1991)

WILSON AUTO ENTERPRISES, INC., and Arthur Wilson, Plaintiffs, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, and John Does 1-10, and Mobil Oil Corporation's Agents, Servants, or Employees, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

November 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Chatfield, III, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Joseph H. Hameline, Rosemary M. Allen, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Golvsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, Mass., Richard W. Mac-Adams, MacAdams & Wieck, Providence, R.I., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

At issue is whether a purchaser of real estate has a cause of action in negligence, trespass, nuisance, or strict liability against a former lessee of the seller for damages allegedly resulting from the lessee's chemical contamination of the property. In November 1988, Arthur Wilson bought a parcel of developed land in Foster, Rhode Island, from an entity named Little Rest Realty Company...

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