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Case ID: 3449 | Environmental | 09/08/2004
The parties have reached a tentative $65 million settlement in an action filed against Union Pacific Corporation on behalf of thousands of evacuees who were forced to leave their homes in Eunice, Louisiana, after a train derailment on May 27, 2000. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class for more information.
The derailment was caused by a defective section of track, left unnoticed by a Union Pacific track inspection system deemed "inadequate," according to an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash caused about 15 chemical-laden cars to explode and burn. About 3,000 Eunice residences and businesses were evacuated, some for up to five days, as emergency officials got the blaze under control. As of May 2004, some 10,600 claims have already been filed in the action. A claims office has been opened to assist people in filing claims and amending claims that have already been filed. Union Pacific has spent approximately $30 million on environmental cleanup in the area around the accident site. The company spent about $23 million shortly after the accident to upgrade its track in southern Louisiana, including in the Eunice area. The company is still working out a plan with the state Department of Environmental Quality to remediate the area directly under the track. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Environmental Cases of Interest A class action has been filed against St. Joe Paper Company and its successor, The St. Joe Company, on behalf of the residents of Millview, a neighborhood in the panhandle town of Port St. Joe, Florida. The suit alleges that the companies knowingly exposed the plaintiffs to hazardous substances. Lawyers plan to seek financial compensation for more than 14 million Americans who paid too much for heating and cooking fuel because British Petroleum (BP) oil compay allegedly manipulated the market for propane. New Jersey resident Donald Coles charged that the Chambers Works Plant in Deepwater, N.J., released perfluorooctanoic acid (also known as PFOA or C8) and related chemicals into groundwater tapped by utility companies in New Jersey townships. Coles' filed a lawsuit against the DuPont Co. that targets the company's releases of a chemical used to make nonstick and stain-resistant products. A class action has been filed against Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE:TWP), certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between October 25, 2004 and June 22, 2005. The action claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities. The stockholders seek to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock. The HomeTeam Pest Defense Company, a subsidiary of Centex Corporation, provides built-in home pest treatments through a tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system. However, some individuals who have the tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system have found it to be an ineffective system. Independent tests of the tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system have also questioned the effectiveness of the system. Our office is currently investigating the tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system. If you have this system in your home and believe that it is not working, please call to speak with a lawyer about our investigation at 1-866-467-1400, ext. 100, or you can make a claim on this page. In 2000, California Supreme Court ruled that workers must get paid for compulsory travel time. The court has rendered a $13+ million and verdict in a class-action filed against D'Arrigo Brothers Company on behalf of laborers, who alleged that the company failed to pay them for thousands of hours spent traveling on company vans to and from the crops they picked between 1996 and 2000. The money will not be distributed until all possible appeals have been exhausted. |
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