California Neighborhood’s Toxic Tort Lawsuit Against Shell Oil Could Reach Settlement A California state court judge could approve a settlement in a toxic tort lawsuit against Shell Oil involving a Southern California neighborhood called Carousel. Five years ago, residents of Carousel – a neighborhood located 17 miles south of downtown Los Angeles – sued both Shell Oil and real estate developer Barclay Hollander. The toxic tort lawsuit claimed that the multinational oil corporation knew in the 1960’s that family homes would be built over … [Read more...]
Toxic Tort Class Action Filed for Spartanburg Residents
January 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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...]
