Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report
Volume VI, Issue 20
May 20, 2023
Manuel Farach
GP Vincent II v. Estate of Edgar Beard, Case No. 21-16555 (9th Cir. 2023).
A final judgment resolving a contribution claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) between two prior owners of environmentally contaminated real property does not bar a subsequent purchaser, who takes title with full knowledge of the condition of the land and that judgment, from pursuing a CERCLA cost recovery claim if the earlier settlement affected a different parcel of real property.
Global Network Management, Ltd. v. Centurylink Latin American Solutions, LLC, Case No. 21-13719 (11th Cir. 2023).
The owner of a data center may be liable under bailment theories for loss of equipment placed in the data center by a lessee, even if the lessee also has access.
2023-05-17 GP Vincent II v. Estate of Beard
2023-05-18 Global Network v. CenturyLink