Wednesday, March 18, 2009
"A New Era of Public Nuisance Law?"
Trent Taylor, a partner with McGuire Woods, has published "State of North Carolina v. TVA - A New Era In Public Nuisance Law?" (pdf) in the BNA Toxics Law Reporter. In the article, Taylor discusses a January 2009 decision out of the Western District of North Carolina, which held that air emmissions from coal-fired power plants operated by the TVA were a public nuisance, and ordered the TVA to install enhanced pollution controls at a cost of nearly $1 billion. Taylor argues that the case significantly expands the doctrine of public nuisance, and could lead to public nuisance suits targeting global warming and climate change - what he calls "the next big battlefield in tort law."
- SBS
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2009/03/a-new-era-of-public-nuisance-law.html