Pneumo Abex Corp. v. High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad

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• observing that the “removal of contaminants was not the purpose of the transaction”; the foundry processed the wheel bearing because they were “worn out or broken”
• noting that the hazardous metals “were in a contained form when delivered for sale”
• no arranger liability for returning wheel bearings containing valuable but hazardous metal that was molded into new bearings
• “The parties contemplated that the bearings were a valuable product for which the Foundry paid a competitive price.”
• “The Foundry paid the appellants for the bearings; the appellants did not pay the Foundry to dispose of unwanted metal.”
• “The intent of both parties to the transaction was that the wheel bearings would be reused in their entirety in the creation of new wheel bearings.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).