Judge Allows Another Lawsuit Over Hoosick Falls Contamination to Proceed
Northern District Judge Lawrence Kahn partially dismissed claims from Saint-Gobain and Honeywell lawyers who filed motions seeking the dismissal of consolidated cases stemming from the contamination of groundwater with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the village of Hoosick Falls. But he allowed claims for liability and negligence to survive.
August 02, 2017 at 06:01 PM
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A federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a lawsuit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell International Inc. stemming from groundwater contamination in the village of Hoosick Falls.
In a 34-page decision in Benoit et al v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, 1:16-cv-00930, U.S. District Senior Judge Lawrence Kahn of the Northern District of New York partially dismissed claims from lawyers for Saint-Gobain and Honeywell, who filed motions seeking the dismissal of consolidated cases stemming from groundwater contamination with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) used in manufacturing in the village of Hoosick Falls. Kahn, however, allowed claims for liability and negligence to survive.
Lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Allen & Desnoyers and Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, representing Saint-Gobain and Honeywell, filed a single motion to dismiss the consolidated lawsuits for failure to state a claim. The defendant companies argued that the plaintiffs have not suffered a legally cognizable injury to either their properties or bodies. Defendants in the small village in Rensselaer County alleged that water contaminated with PFOA, a man-made chemical used to coat nonstick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics, has caused adverse health effects and declines in property values.
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