Filed Date: April 10, 2012
Case Ongoing
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(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This lawsuit began in the Supreme Court of Niagara County, a New York state trial court, on April 10, 2012. The plaintiffs sued the City of Niagara Falls for its alleged failure to properly clean up Love Canal, a superfund site where chemicals were dumped throughout the 1900s. The plaintiffs alleged that chemicals from Love Canal had caused them health problems. Various similar suits were filed in subsequent years, until there were 19 suits in total. The cases were removed multiple times to federal court, but ultimately sent back to state court. In 2023, the court dismissed all the cases due to the speculative nature of the connection between the plaintiffs' health issues and Love Canal. The plaintiffs appealed, and the cases are ongoing.
Barr, Paul K. (New York)
Adams, David R. (New York)
Baase, Jeffrey F. (New York)
Birnbaum, Sheila L. (New York)
Blanchet, Joel A (New York)
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Key Dates
Filing Date: April 10, 2012
Case Ongoing: Yes
Case Details
Other Dockets:
New York state trial court E146816/2012
Western District of New York 1:20-cv-00136
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 21-00249
Western District of New York 1:20-cv-00141
Western District of New York 1:20-cv-00143
Western District of New York 1:20-cv-00151
Western District of New York 1:20-cv-00154
Western District of New York 1:18-cv-00304
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 20-03749
New York state trial court E149844/2013
New York state trial court E163835/2018
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