CLARK v. GREENVILLE COUNTY

No. 23954.

437 S.E.2d 117 (1993)

Woodrow F. CLARK, Jr., and Nadine M. Clark, Lanzo B. Sweeney, Paul F. Sweeney, Beatrice P. Sweeney, Alice M. Boddie, James R. Walls and Nancy J. Walls, Frederick H. Baisden and Terry S. Baisden, David R. Boalt and Gail F. Boalt, Charles C. Bentley and Ora Mae Bentley, and Kenneth W. Sweeney, Appellants, v. GREENVILLE COUNTY, Morton International, Inc., Para-Chem Southern, Inc., Hoechst Celanese Corporation, J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc., and Waste Management of South Carolina, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 8, 1993.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kendall Few and John C. Few, of Few & Few, P.A.; and William A. Jordan, of Wilkins & Nelson, P.A., Greenville, for appellants.

Judith S. Burk, Greenville, for respondent Greenville County.

John B. McLeod, of Haynsworth, Marion McKay & Guerard, Greenville, for respondent Morton Intern. Inc.

L. Gray Geddie, Jr., Neil S. Haldrup and Ronald E. Cardwell of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Greenville, for respondent Para-Chem Southern, Inc. & Hoechst Celanese Corp.

Joseph A. Rhodes, Jr. and Vance E. Drawdy, of Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson & Greaves, P.A., Greenville, for respondent J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc.

Bradford W. Wyche, of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., Greenville, for respondent Waste Management of South Carolina, Inc.


MOORE, Justice:

Appellants own property in the vicinity of Simpsonville Landfill # 1 which was operated by Greenville County from 1960 to 1972. They commenced these actions against respondent Greenville County for inverse condemnation and actions for nuisance, negligence, trespass, and strict liability against the five corporate respondents that used the landfill to dispose of hazardous chemical waste. The trial judge granted...

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