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District Court Dismisses Common Law Claims Based on Statute of Limitations in Paper Mill Emissions Case
July 11, 2024
Alice Douglas Solomon, Esq.
MGKF Litigation Blog
In a recent case from the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the court granted a partial motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s common law claims because they were deemed time-barred under Pennsylvania law. Iorfido v. Domtar Paper Company, LLC et al., No. 23-156, 2024 WL 1346641 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 29, 2024). The lawsuit stemmed from a paper mill’s ongoing emissions of lime particulate matter that allegedly harmed plaintiff’s property. The court dismissed the common law claims as obviously barred by the two-year statute of limitations as pled in plaintiff’s complaint.
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