Fact Pattern 18-1 Jean LeFleur, Owner of Happy Feet, a Company That Makes

Fact Pattern 18-1
Jean LeFleur, owner of Happy Feet, a company that makes environmentally-sensitive foot wear, decided to move operations from Los Angeles to Bozeman, Montana. LeFleur wanted to be in an area noted for environmental quality. He built a new plant that produced oil-based sludge from its production process. The sludge could have been treated at the plant. But LeFleur decided that treatment was too costly, so the company dumped sludge into the Gallatin River, which runs through Happy Feet property. Other sludge was buried in drums in a field at night.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 18-1. If Janet sues Happy Feet under the common law, she will most likely sue for:

A) public nuisance
B) corporate nuisance
C) private nuisance
D) state nuisance
E) she could not sue under any of these theories

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