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    <title type="text">Anderson &amp; van Tol PLLC</title>
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    <updated>2026-01-27T06:01:03Z</updated>

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            <title type="html"><![CDATA[The importance of investigation before property purchase and development]]></title>
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            <updated>2025-06-02T10:55:44Z</updated>
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            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The January 16, 2025, Tennessee Court of Appeals decision in THOMAS MARLIN ROBERTS ET AL. v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION ET AL.  highlights the necessity of investigating the condition of property before purchasing and also investigating the best methods for addressing unforeseen conditions discovered during development. In 2010, ten years after they initially bought the property, the owners…]]></summary>
			                <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.andersonvantol.com/blog/2025/02/the-importance-of-investigation-before-property-purchase-and-development/"><![CDATA[The January 16, 2025, Tennessee Court of Appeals decision in THOMAS MARLIN ROBERTS ET AL. v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION ET AL.  highlights the necessity of investigating the condition of property before purchasing and also investigating the best methods for addressing unforeseen conditions discovered during development. In 2010, ten years after they initially bought the property, the owners discovered underground petroleum storage tanks when they started development of the property. They removed the tanks and some of the surrounding soil and stored the tanks and soil on their residential property and re-covered the area with concrete. Someone notified the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”).  TDEC seized the tanks and soil, determined that there was evidence of groundwater contamination, and conducted a remediation that included demolition of the new concrete slab and removal of more than a thousand tons of soil. Almost four years later, TDEC issued a cost recovery order requiring the property owners to pay more than $166,000 for the cleanup. For six years, the property owners unsuccessfully appealed the order through multiple administrative proceedings and then appealed the final administrative decision to the Chancery Court of Tipton County. In 2023, that court ruled that the property owners were not responsible for the cost of TDEC’s remediation project. TDEC appealed that ruling to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, which ruled that the Chancery Court in Tipton County did not have jurisdiction to decide the case, and ordered the trial court to transfer the case to the Chancery Court of Davidson County.

Accordingly, twenty-five years after buying the property, fifteen years after starting to develop the property, and thirteen years after TDEC completed its remediation, the property owners still do not know whether they will be required to pay the substantial costs of remediation of groundwater contamination caused by the underground storage tanks of which they had no knowledge when they bought the property. These property owners may have taken reasonable steps to investigate the prior uses of the property and to handle the tanks, but the case emphasizes how important it can be to have the right experts assisting with  such investigations and actions to handling unforeseen subsurface conditions, and the importance of incorporating contractual protections and allocations of risks in property transactions.]]></content>
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            <title type="html"><![CDATA[Attorney Spotlight]]></title>
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            <updated>2025-06-02T14:49:36Z</updated>
            <published>2025-01-24T14:38:31Z</published>
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            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Anderson & van Tol PLLC is pleased to announce that Adrienne Anderson has been inducted into the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN). Ms. Anderson mediates and arbitrates disputes involving all types of commercial, business, construction, contract, and employment matters, her primary areas of practice for the past 35 years. The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is a professional association…]]></summary>
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Anderson &amp; van Tol PLLC is pleased to announce that Adrienne Anderson has been inducted into the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN).

Ms. Anderson mediates and arbitrates disputes involving all types of commercial, business, construction, contract, and employment matters, her primary areas of practice for the past 35 years.

The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is a professional association whose membership consists of ADR professionals distinguished by their hands-on experience in the field of civil and commercial conflict resolution. Membership is by invitation only and all Academy members have been thoroughly reviewed and found to meet stringent practice criteria. Members are amongst the most in-demand neutrals in their respective states, as selected by their peers and approved by local litigators.

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<div class="fl-content-text">“We’re delighted to recognize Adrienne Anderson to the Academy’s Tennessee Chapter in recognition of Excellence in her mediation practice,” commented Darren Lee, Executive Director of NADN.</div>
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