HESS v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, USA, N.A.

No. SC 87691.

220 S.W.3d 758 (2007)

Dennis E. HESS, Appellant-Respondent, v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, USA, N.A., Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alok Ahuja, Terry J. Satterlee, William G. Beck, Kurt U. Schaefer, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant-Respondent.

Elizabeth C. Carver, Ann K. Covington, St. Louis, Robert J. Hoffman, Jennifer Donnelli, Kansas City, MO, for Respondent-Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Anne E. Schneider, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary S. Erickson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo, for Amicus Curiae Missouri Attorney General.


LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Dennis Hess purchased property in Platte County, Missouri, from Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") for $52,000 in April 1999. At the time of the sale, Chase was aware that the property was being investigated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in connection with illegal hazardous waste dumping on the property by its prior owner, on whose mortgage Chase had foreclosed. Chase...

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