Opinion ID: 820514
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Development

Text: Part of the Hazelwood property (property or Hazelwood property) was a former landfill site and required environmental remediation before it could be put to commercial use. Hazelwood hired contractors to prepare and implement a remedial action plan to address the property’s environmental issues. Hazelwood and the bank contend the contractors negligently caused methane gas to spread “across portions of -4- the [p]roperty previously uncontaminated by methane.” Hazelwood’s expert witness reported: In its present condition the . . . property cannot be developed for commercial use. The presence of landfill gas, specifically methane, in the subsurface soil at the property is impairing development at the property. Extensive additional investigation is needed before developing remedial alternatives for addressing methane concerns at the site. On October 30, 2009, the loan matured, and Hazelwood failed to pay the amount owed.