Following the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, hazardous chemicals spilled into the nearby soil and waterways. According to ABC News, as of February 14th, 2023, four tributaries of the Ohio River over a space of 7.5 miles were contaminated. These contaminated…
On February 14, 2023, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro wrote a letter to Norfolk Southern Corporation—the company responsible for the train derailment that took place in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023. The governor expressed his “serious concerns” regarding the company’s management of the incident,…
On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying goods from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed in East Palestine, about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The accident caused a massive fire over the length of about 50 cars. No deaths or injuries were reported, but…
On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 into law. The Act allows military veterans, their families, and citizens who lived on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from August 1, 1953, to December 31, 1987,…
The Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA) recently filed a lawsuit against Republic Services of Pennsylvania LLC for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The plaintiff alleges that Republic has discharged and continues to discharge pollutants— including toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—into nearby…
The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting a new study at former California Army base Ford Ord to determine whether veterans once stationed there may have been exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing…
As the number of Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuits increases, a new lawsuit has raised awareness of potential contamination at other military facilities. A group of plaintiffs has together filed a case against the U.S. government in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
A California man recently filed a new Camp Lejeune lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He seeks compensation for water contamination-related illness under the recently passed Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. Plaintiff Blames Contaminated Water for Kidney…
On August 11, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. It allows military veterans to file civil lawsuits against the U.S. Government for harm caused by at least 30 days of exposure to water (including in utero exposure) at…
A Pennsylvania man who suffers from Parkinson’s disease recently filed a paraquat lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. He claims that after being exposed to the herbicide, he was diagnosed with the neurological disease. On June 7, 2021, the…
