Mercer v. Rockwell International Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that many courts “have allowed trespass claims for invisible particles, but . . . they circumscribe the reach of this rule by requiring actual damage to property”
• allowing an action in “negligent trespass” concerning intrusions of invisible polychlorinated biphenyls [pcbs] that actually harm the property
• “Kentucky law will not allow recovery for stigma absent some physical harm to the property.”
• “Decreased fair market value is not harm to the property, it is only a means of measuring the harm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).