Torts

In re Three Mile Island Personal Injury Litigation, No. 79-0763, 26 ATLA L. Rep. 212 (M.D. Pa.) (Order of December 27, 1986) (First recognition of compensability for chromosomal damage and increased risk of cancer in absence of any manifest personal injury)

In re Three Mile Island Litigation, 605 F. Supp. 778, 23 Env't Rep. 1228, 15 Envtl. L.Rep. 20400, (M.D. Pa., 1985) (First medical detection remedy)

Samples v. Conoco, et al., No. 01-631-CA-01 (Escambia Cty, Cir. Ct., Florida) (January 23, 2003) (Judge Michael Jones) (recognizing cause of action for unjust enrichment in pollution case)

Brummett v. Skyline Corp., No. C-81-0103-L(B), slip opinion (W.D. Ky., June 3, 1985) (novel use implied warranty of merchantability to remedy formaldehyde insulation pollution inside mobile homes) (discussed favorably in Zygmunt J.G. Plater, Robert H. Abrams & William Goldfarb, Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law and Society (1992), p.239)

Askey v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, 477 N.Y. Supp. 2d 242, 102 A.D.2d 130 (4th Dept. 1984) (Upholding claim for medical monitoring in the absence of any manifest personal injury)

Gergel v. Chemlawn Services Corp., No. 87-1138, 1990 WL 87244, 3 TXLR 247 (E.D. Pa. July 15, 1988) (first punitive damages verdict against lawn treatment company) (featured in Goldberg, Lawn Chemicals: Is Greener Grass Worth It?, Trial (June 1991)); 20 Chemlawn Case Ends In A Pretrial Settlement, Phila. Inq. (July 19, 1988), p. B3; Chemlawn Loses First Case on Spraying, Phila. Inq. (July 17, 1988) p. B2; Chemlawn Loses Case on Spraying, Phila. Inq. (July 16, 1988) p. B1; Trial Begins In Lawsuit Over Lawn Treatment, Phila. Inq. (July 6, 1988) p. B6

Midwest Aluminum Manufacturing Co. v. General Electric Co., 4:90 CV 143, (W.D. Mich. Sept. 9, 1991) (denying motion to dismiss fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment claims arising out of failure to keep promise to conduct thorough environmental study)