ENVIRONMENTAL MASS TORT
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Water contamination from a munitions facility caused by illegal dumping causes cancers downstream to local residence. Chemicals involved include benzene, TCE and perchlorates.
- Water contamination in central California involving Chromium 6, used to cool a facility’s production, results in cancer cluster in the community.
- Airborne exposure following an explosion at a refinery in northern California results in bodily injury to neighbors who are exposed to elevated levels of toxic fumes.
- Military use of uranium results in retinal blastoma cancer near a facility. All victims are newborns who lost sight in one or both eyes.
- Refinery fire in Southern California results in airborne admission causing both physical harm and loss of use of property.
- Largest methane gas leak in US history causes the evacuation of nearby neighbors. Claims include personal injury and the loss of use of real property.
- Refinery allows seepage of benzene into the ground on property that is sold to a developer who fails to disclose harm to home purchasers.