Acushnet Co. v. Mohasco Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there is no minimum quantitative threshold for CERCLA liability, but affirming the trial court’s dismissal of de minimus polluters where, at best, one defendant was responsible for 1/500,000 of volume toxic chemicals found at site
• finding apportionment of no liability to a PRP justified under equitable allocation
• “where environmental harms are divisible, a defendant may be held responsible only for his proportional share of the response costs”
• “In an appropriate set of circumstances, a tortfeasor’s fair share of the response costs may even be zero.”
• “Questions of causation and appropriate equitable allocation of response costs involve quintessential issues of fact”
• a \defendant in a contribution proceeding seeking to limit his liability has a 'less demanding burden of proof' \

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