Open AccessE & O Litigation - Berm Collapse: Slaughterhouse Waste Discharge
Author(s) -
James M. Green
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of the national academy of forensic engineers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2379-3252
pISSN - 2379-3244
DOI - 10.51501/jotnafe.v8i2.487
Subject(s) - berm , damages , environmental science , waste management , containment (computer programming) , storm , engineering , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , law , meteorology , geography , programming language , political science , computer science
During a sudden winter storm in the Midwest, an internal containment berm in a four cell covered anaerobic lagoon suddenly collapsed spilling approximately 14 million gallons of slaughterhouse waste from the wastewater plant at a Meat Packing Plant from one cell to another. The subsequent litigation by the Meat Packing Plant named Wells Engineers, as well as the various contractors, as the defendants and requested substantial compensation for damages. I was retained by the law fi representing Wells Engineers to determine the causal factor of failure and the contribution (if any) that may have been contributed by Wells Engineers.