2014 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 08:58:41 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Lawsuit at Federal-Mogul Products, Scottsville, Kentucky
 
Lawsuit: Old plant is behind sickness

By JUSTIN STORY
Bowling Green Daily News (KY)
March 8, 2014

A former Scottsville brake pad manufacturer released cancer-causing agents into the environment, a lawsuit filed Thursday in Allen County claims.

Twenty plaintiffs are named in the complaint filed in Allen Circuit Court that is intended for certification as a class-action lawsuit against Federal-Mogul Products Inc.

The plaintiffs, who all live near or worked at the manufacturer at 2640 Old Gallatin Road, brought the lawsuit on behalf of themselves and all others within a 5-mile radius of the facility who may have suffered because of the release of pollutants.

The 17-page lawsuit claims the now-shuttered Scottsville facility released the chemicals trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,2 dichloroethylene (DCE) into the surrounding environment at toxic levels, resulting in air and groundwater contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/lawsuit-old-plant-is-behind-sickness/ article_ad8852eb-2498-511d-9015-5bbf4dacc307.html

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Lenny Siegel
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