By Samantha Ahearn | Published February 14, 2014 | Posted in News | Tagged Tags: arsenic, Coal Ash, contamination, Corporations, Lead, Mercury, Selenium, Toxic Exposure, Water Contamination, Water Safety, Water Testing | Leave a comment
An underground pipe collapsed early this month at a retired power plant in North Carolina, causing between 50,000-82,000 tons of coal ash to flow into the Dan River. Workers are scurrying to seal the leak, and as of February 6, 2014 the flow has slowed, but workers have been unable to completely stop the spill. Read More
Read MoreOn January 13, 2014, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler granted a motion to remand the claims of approximately 30 plaintiffs to the Gloucester County Superior Court. In September 2013, the case Belbin v. Consolidated Rail Corp. had been removed to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction; one of the plaintiffs was from Pennsylvania. However, plaintiffs Read More
Read MoreChevron Sued For Contamination From NJ Pesticide Plant By Kelly Knaub Law360, New York (December 18, 2013, 7:04 PM ET) A group of Edison, N.J., property owners last week sued Chevron Corp. in New Jersey court over alleged contamination from a pesticides manufacturing facility the company had operated in the township. The 12 plaintiffs filed Read More
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is in the process of proposing a rule to end future manufacturing, importing, and/or usage of perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”). Additionally, earlier this year (and ahead of schedule), Dupont ceased its production of PFOA at all of its facilities. Recently in New Jersey, the Toxic Injury Lawyers helped settle a case Read More
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is in the process of proposing a rule to end future manufacturing, importing, and/or usage of perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”). Due to concerns over PFOA’s persistence in the environment, the EPA created a voluntary program, the PFOA Stewardship Program (“Program”), to encourage companies that produce the chemical to eliminate production by Read More
Read MoreIn a precedential case, the New Jersey Appellate Division held that an email sent by an employee of a corporation to the corporation’s general counsel was inadmissible under the attorney-client privilege and that such privilege was not subsequently waived when the employee later disclosed the email to a third party. The case involved the alleged Read More
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