You may have caught this weird judicial twist in a recent Great Lakes Echo story: A Wisconsin judge ruled that manure was not a waste but a valuable commodity.
That’s no surprise. Anyone with a backyard garden knows that.
But providing that legal stamp produced a counter-intuitive outcome. It meant that an insurer was on the hook for damages when a farm polluted nearby wells with that valuable manure.
Confused? Read more here.
The story is part of Echo’s new green gavel series. Judicial decisions with great environmental impact — or at least that are incredibly interesting – frequently go unreported.
We want to address that deficiency. So occasionally Echo will highlight court decisions affecting the environment of the Great Lakes region. They’re hard to track across such a vast region, so feel free to alert us to interesting legal decisions with a message to greatlakesecho@gmail.com.
Put green gavel in the subject line and tell us what you know. Links to court action and documents are helpful.
Meanwhile, take a look at some of the court decisions we’ve already covered.