[CPEO-BIF] "[South Carolina] Supreme Court justices mull damage claims against AVX in pollution case involving Myrtle Beach property owners"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

S.C. Supreme Court justices mull damage claims against AVX in  
pollution case involving Myrtle Beach property owners

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun News (SC)
January 23, 2014

COLUMBIA - The state's Supreme Court justices on Thursday appeared  
skeptical of Myrtle Beach property owners' plans to sue AVX Corp.  
over groundwater pollution that is near - but hasn’t directly  
impacted - their land, although a lawyer representing those owners  
said it is too early in the legal process to dismiss their claims.

Surfside Beach lawyer Gene Connell told the justices that Circuit  
Court Judge Benjamin Culbertson improperly dismissed the claims  
because he refused to hear evidence that the owners’ property values  
have decreased and that bank loans have been denied due to the nearby  
pollution. Connell wants the state Supreme Court to send the case  
back to the circuit court for further consideration.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2014/01/23/3977280/sc-supreme-court- 
justices-mull.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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