Mancuso v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

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• holding that a party cannot “escapesummaryjudgmentmerely by vaguely asserting the existence of some unspecified disputed material facts. . . .and may not submit self-serving affirmations that contradict prior testimony asserted in depositions, interrogatories, andaffidavits”
• “[W]here there is a direct nexus between the plaintiff and allegedly polluted area, no circuit has required scientific proof of contamination at the summary judgment stage.”
• “factual assertions made in an affidavit submitted in opposition to a motion for summary judgment may be disregarded if those assertions are contradicted by statements in response to interrogatories”

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