St. Lawrence County legislators have agreed to meet with an attorney about the possibility of joining a class action lawsuit against companies that manufacture opioids. County Attorney Stephen D. Button said several months ago he was contacted by several firms involved in large-scale, multi-defendant opioid litigation. “They were interested in gauging the county’s interest in pursuing …
Centre in Cherokee County is suing scores of carpet and textile companies, as well as chemical manufacturers, that it says are responsible for polluting the city’s water. The suit, filed today in Cherokee County Circuit Court, says the companies put harmful chemical compounds into the raw water supply upstream of Centre Water’s intake site “in or near the City of Dalton, Ga.” The lawsuit is …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to halt a class action lawsuit against several containerboard manufacturers, which could now face trial on claims of price fixing by tens of thousands of buyers and nearly $12 billion in potential damages. The justices left in place a federal judge’s certification of the antitrust class action against manufacturers …