Pruitt v. Allied Chemical Corp.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
523 F. Supp. 975 (1981)
Relevant factsFree
Commercial fishermen, seafood businesses, and related enterprises (plaintiffs) sued Allied Chemical (defendant) in a class action for polluting Chesapeake Bay with Kepone, seeking damages for lost income from the resulting harm to marine life; Allied moved to dismiss claims by plaintiffs whose losses were purely indirect economic harm rather than direct injury to their property or persons.
IssueFree
Whether tortfeasors are liable for damages that are insufficiently direct in relation to the harm they caused.