A landowner's agreement to allow lessees to transfer their liabilities to another party didn't clear the original lessees of liability for contamination predating the agreement, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana has ruled (Anthony Wayne Corp. v. Eico Indus. Inc., 2014 BL 292632, N.D. Ind., No. 13-CV-1406, 10/17/14). The court Oct. 17 rejected the original lessees' argument that the liability only "occurred" when the landowner discovered the contamination several years after the new lessee took over the lease. "[T]he liability for the condition of the property 'occurred' when it happened, i.e., when the mess was created," the court said. Finding it unclear when the contamination occurred, the court declined to dismiss the claims on a motion for summary judgment. Anthony Wayne Corp. owns a property in Lo-gansport, Ind., which it has leased to a series of manufacturers.
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机译：美国印第安纳州北区地方法院裁定（Anthony Wayne Corp.诉Eico Indus。）裁定，土地所有者同意让承租人将其债务转移给另一方的协议并未清除协议之前的原始承租人对污染的责任。 Inc.，2014 BL 292632，ND Ind。，No.13-CV-1406，10/17/14）。 10月17日，法院驳回了最初承租人的论点，即仅在新承租人接手租约数年后，土地所有者发现污染时才“承担”责任。法院说：“财产发生时，即发生混乱时，应对财产状况承担责任。”由于不清楚何时发生污染，法院拒绝以简易判决的动议驳回索赔。安东尼·韦恩公司（Anthony Wayne Corp.）在印第安纳州罗甘斯波特（Lo-gansport）拥有物业，并已将其出租给一系列制造商。
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