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· 9/19/1980

Citizens for Preservation of Waterman Lake v. Davis

Citations

  • 420 A.2d 53
  • 1980 R.I. LEXIS 1833

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the defendant was not liable when “there [was] virtually no evidence establishing that such odors were caused by any actions on the part of [the] defendant”
  • declining to impose liability for public nuisance when plaintiff “failed to produce any evidence directly bearing on the amount of noise created by trucks under [defendant’s] control ”
  • rejecting claim where plaintiff acquiesced to judgment in favor of one of two alleged conspirators
  • “A public nuisance is an unreasonable interference with a right common to the general public * * *.”
  • public nuisance is unreasonable interference with health, safety, peace, comfort or convenience of general community
  • finding no implied private remedy for enforcement of wetlands act

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Judges: Bevilacqua

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