Matos v. New York City Housing Authority

How courts have described this case

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• applying doctrine to dumping of chemicals that polluted water fifteen to thirty years later
• “One who creates a nuisance through an inherently dangerous activity or use of an unreasonably dangerous product is absolutely liable for resulting damages, irregardless [sic] of fault, and despite adhering to the highest standard of care.”
• “The common law rule has long been that water, like air, is an element in which no person can have an absolute property, yet, it is also, like air, free for the use of all, and the law has been diligent and rigorous to maintain it in its natural purity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).