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From the Courier Post:
Plastics firm settles Paulsboro suit
by Carly Q. Romalino
March 31, 2016
PAULSBORO – A West Deptford plastics company must pay for blood testing of Paulsboro residents who drank from the borough’s contaminated water supply.
Solvay Specialty Polymer and Arkema — entities that operated a manufacturing plant at 10 Leonard Lane in West Deptford — have not admitted its operations discharged PFNA (Perfluorononanoic acid) into the borough’s water supply, as a class-action lawsuit claims.
But the plastics manufacturers have agreed to settle the lawsuit by paying $1.84 million into two funds: a $420,000 fund for a small monetary award for Paulsboro residents, and a $1.42 million fund for resident blood tests. Read more
Class Action Eligibility
Individuals who lived in Paulsboro for at least a year between August 2009 and April 2014 or owned property between the dates of August 2013 and April 2014 may be entitled to compensation. Residents may also be eligible for a test to detect whether they have the chemical in their blood.
- See www.paulsborowatersettlement.com
- Details of the settlement are available from the Court’s docket, Case No. 1:14-cv-01870-NLH-JS.
Links
http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2016/03/31/solvay-paulsboro-settlement-lawsuit/82479794/
