JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

June 2007

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New York Trial Court Finds Residential Discharge of Wastewater May Lead to Wetlands Violation Liability
Pland Place Realty Corp. v. Hauber

The Richmond County Supreme Court of New York State recently held that allegations of wetlands violation should survive a motion for summary judgment against a landowner, whose alleged discharges of wastewater from his parcel to a contiguous parcel caused the contiguous parcel to become “wet.”