The trial for a class-action lawsuit over a West Virginia chemical spill that polluted 300,000 people’s drinking water has been rescheduled for October. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/29sHmwz ) that U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver in Charleston announced …
Schuette(Photo: Jake May | MLive.com) Lansing — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is aiming to collect “hundreds of millions” of dollars from two engineering firms he claims contributed to the Flint water contamination crisis and hopes to do so in a few years — not a decade or more. But legal experts say the state has to clear several legal hurdles before it could command a lucrative …
Lawsuit filed against Mayor William Bell and other entities by the Birmingham Water Works Board. The mayor of Birmingham is being sued over a power struggle between city leaders and the Water Works Board. The lawsuit says it was filed on behalf of the Birmingham Water Works Board, but one member asked how that can be when she didn’t even know that the lawsuit existed, much less than it was filed.
The lawsuit was filed Friday by the nonprofit Tennessee Riverkeeper, and it claims that a Decatur, Tennessee chemical plant owned by 3M is responsible for most of the river’s pollution woes. Tennessee Riverkeeper filed the suit under the United States Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, accusing 3M of contaminating the river with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate …
Saying the Chicago city residents who brought the legal action can’t prove they were injured by lead in their water and arguing the lawsuit comes directly against the city’s rights under the law to set its own governmental policy, Chicago city attorneys have asked the court to toss a class action demanding the court order the city to replace lead water pipes leading to homes throughout the city …
Following the lead of six other West Coast cities, the city of Long Beach on Thursday filed paperwork to sue Monsanto, alleging that the agrochemical giant is responsible for chemical contamination of its water sources, including the Port of Long Beach. According to the complaint, PCBs find their way to Long Beach waters when they leach, leak, off-gas and …
Lawsuit claims former city administrator requested an investigation in to an allegation of water charity funds being directed to mayor’s campaign Buy Photo Then-City of Flint administrator Natasha Henderson addresses Flint City Council about the amount of money proposed to be reimbursed to Flint residents crediting their water bills during the Flint water crisis on Monday Feb. 8, 2016, at Flint …
People in Bennington attend a recent public hearing about the North Bennington water crisis. Nearby Pownal reported low levels of contamination Thursday. (Photo: Courtesy Chris Wright)
A group of Bennington County residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the company Vermont says is responsible for PFOA contamination in their drinking water.
A group of residents has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company believed by the state to be responsible for contaminating private wells. Residents are claiming negligence against Saint-Gobain and seek more than $5 million in damages. They also want the company to pay to connect affected homes to municipal water, clean up contamination and implement long-term medical …
Bloomfield Township — A township resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against Bloomfield Township for allegedly overtaxing residents’ water rates “for the injustice enrichment” of the township. The complaint seeks to have assessments reviewed, corrected and a refund of “millions of dollars” in alleged rate overcharges “not used to cover the actual expenses of providing water to those …