Spartanburg Neighborhood Files Toxic Tort Against Chemical Plant A neighborhood in Spartanburg, SC is filing a toxic tort class action lawsuit against a chemical plant that has allegedly leeched chemicals into the groundwater for decades. The lawsuit, filed the week of January 20th in federal court, alleges that Hoechst Celanese, a local polyester manufacturing plant, polluted the groundwater and streams around its plant in Spartanburg for decades, causing a cluster of cancer cases because of the toxic chemicals. The toxic tort case was … [Read more...]