JOHNSON v. HOECHST CELANESE CORP.

No. 2288.

453 S.E.2d 908 (1995)

Duke K. JOHNSON and Joan M. Johnson, Richard H. and Dana Benson Brant, Joel M. and Deborah B. Brockman, Ray Collins, George F. and Connie S. Crane, Thomas J. and Kathryn D. Cunningham, Margaret S. Davenport, Tracy Woodrow, Jr. and Loyce V. Dees, William J. and Sara T. Dunn, Edgar N. and Frances Patricia Elliott, Vivian Gamble, Louis F. and Patricia F. Gantt, Lawrence L. and Princess A. Gentry, Danny B. and Marilyn M. Grey, Thomas G. and Shirley B. Hickman, Jacob P. and Shelby H. Jumper, Randy E. and Jackie B. Lollis, Vickie Lynn Lucas (Benson), David B. and Margaret E. McCanless, Doris O. McClain, William T. McDowell, Jr., Barry M. and Wynndy McKinney, Lloyd A. Merritt, Mildred R. Mitchell (Gossett), Arthur M. and Penelope K. Pace, Lee Samuel Pate, III, Richard J. and Alice E. Ponce, William L. Powell, Robert L. and Terrye E. Raines, Steve and Hilda C. Richard, Carlton R. and Barbara B. Riddle, William C. Robertson, William D. and Mary Ethel L. Singleton, James G. and June W. Thompson, Robert J. and Aloha W. Vance, Danny H. and Pamela J. Waters, and James E. and Janice L. Wright, Respondents, OF WHOM Clyde J. Atwood and Bernice J. Atwood, LJ. Solesbee and Betty S. Solesbee, Larry L. Stewart and Linda B. Stewart are Appellants, v. HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION, and Daniel International Corporation, d/b/a Daniel Construction Company, OF WHOM Hoechst Celanese Corporation is Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Jordan and Cecil H. Nelson, Jr., of Nelson & Jordan; J. Kendall Few and John C. Few, of Few & Few, Greenville, for appellants.

L. Gray Geddie, Jr., and Ronald E. Cardwell, of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Greenville, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs in this tort action asserted claims of nuisance, trespass, negligence, and strict liability for the alleged contamination of their properties located in the Pineforest Subdivision of Greenville County. The plaintiffs alleged Hoechst Celanese Corporation dumped chemicals on land located on Hoechst Celanese property, and the chemicals migrated off the property through the air, ground, and surface water, contaminating their land.

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