Rockwell International Corp. v. Wilhite

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “actions for damages to real property caused by another’s negligence sound in trespass, and the five-year statute of limitations applies to them”
• “The Restatement distinguishes intentional trespasses and negligent trespasses by requiring ‘harm’ for negligent trespass.”
• “There was scientific evidence presented by the landowners that PCBs present a health hazard at higher concentrations, but none demonstrating that a hazard is presented by PCBs in the concentrations found on the land in question.”
• “A permanent nuisance is any private nuisance that (1) cannot be corrected or abated at reasonable expense to the owner and (2) that is relatively enduring and not likely to be abated voluntarily or by court order.”
• declining to extend the doctrine to a property-damage action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).