X Corp Dumps Run-Off from Its Parking Lots and Storage Lots

question 350

Multiple Choice

X Corp. dumps run-off from its parking lots and storage lots around its candy factory into the Seneca River. The citizens of Henderson, located on the river downstream, wish to stop the discharge. The common law rule under which the citizens are most likely to be successful is:

• A) private nuisance
• B) public nuisance
• C) negligence
• D) invasion of privacy
• E) fraud

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