McKesson Beats Environmental Trespass Claims at Its Former Site

McKesson Corp. won dismissal of environmental trespass claims as the prior owner of a contaminated property after the District of Colorado found there was no intrusion on the land of another.

The claim brought by the current owner of the site fails because the alleged trespass—hazardous substances contamination on the property—occurred on land possessed by McKesson at the time of the trespass, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado said.

Although the Colorado Supreme Court hasn’t addressed whether a trespass claim can lie against a former landowner, the court cited a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth ...