Walker Drug Co., Inc. v. La Sal Oil Co.

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• stating that reverse bifurcation is a rare and \drastic\ technique arising out of the magnitude of the asbestos-related litigation caseload
• holding under Utah law that “unsubstantiated fears of third persons regarding the contamination of an adjacent property are not the kind of ‘substantial’ and ‘significant’ interference with a landowner’s use and enjoyment of his property so as to allow recovery for nuisance”
• property owners must prove that hazardous substance migrated to property and caused physical injury to recover stigma damages
• \Rule 42(b) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure gives the trial court 'considerable discretion' to administer the business of its docket and determine how a trial should be conducted.\
• “The essential element of trespass is physical invasion of the land_”

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