BNSF Railway Co. (09-16585, 09-16739) (full opinion available here) In BNSF, property in Stockton California was contaminated over the course of 20 years when multiple petroleum spills at a nearby industrial site migrated onto the property at issue via an underground french drain pipe installed underneath a railroad as part of the railroads effort to keep water away from the tracks Unlike other pipe systems, a french drain utilizes buried perforated pipe (i.e.… [read post]