AIKEN v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.


57 A.D.3d 1070 (2008)

869 N.Y.S.2d 263

RICHARD AIKEN et al., Respondents, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

December 4, 2008.


Kavanagh, J.

In 1983, groundwater beneath defendant's industrial facility located in the Village of Fort Edward, Washington County was found to be contaminated with the chemical trichloroethane (hereinafter TCE) and other chemical compounds, and this groundwater had migrated onto property in nearby residential areas. Claiming that their drinking water wells had been contaminated by this groundwater, homeowners commenced an action against defendant for damages to their...

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