Abstract:Abstract. The 1984 Ohio Supreme Court ruling on Cline v. American Aggregates changed Ohio's ground‐water law from an 1861 ruling based on the English Rule of absolute ownership to a doctrine of reasonable use which recognizes that landowners have the privilege to use the water beneath their land but can be held liable to others if their use of ground water causes others unreasonable harm. The Ohio Supreme Court did not define unreasonable harm in the Cline case. As a result, unreasonable harm is being establi… Show more
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