DOUCET, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs appeal a jury verdict denying their claim for damages allegedly resulting from the negligent operation of a hazardous waste disposal facility in the Willow Springs community near Lake Charles, Louisiana in Calcasieu Parish.
In the mid 1950s, Walter Elkins, Sr. began hauling oil field and industrial waste under the name of Mud Movers, Inc. In 1968, he decided that he needed a disposal site for the waste. He entered a 99-year...
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