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Case ID: 4906 | Environmental | 09/08/2006
A class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of Missouri rice growers whose crop values have plummeted due to the contamination of their commercial rice supply with a genetically engineered rice which has not been approved for human consumption by the United States Department of Agriculture. The plaintiffs are farmers Billy and Sally Neel and Gregory Duff, and named as a defendant in the lawsuit is Bayer CropScience, the company which developed, manufactured and test-marketed a genetically altered rice, known as LLRICE 601. The altered rice contains a protein producing gene which makes the plant resistant to the herbicide Liberty.
Three other lawsuits have been filed in Arkansas containing similar allegations, however, attorneys' for the farmers represented in the Missouri lawsuit said in a news release there is a good reason for Arkansas farmers to participate in the lawsuit filed in Missouri than joining one of the Arkansas cases. Missouri farmers are entitled to bring an action under the Missouri Crop Production Act which, among other things, allows for double damages for losses in crop production value. This act is unique to Missouri and cannot be pursued in lawsuits pending in other states. The United States produces approximately $1.88 billion dollars worth of rice annually and some 40 to 50 percent of that is exported, according to figures from the USDA. Last year the European Union imported 198,000 tons of long- grain rice from the United States. Current exports to the EU are approximately 20,000 tons of rice a month. No genetically engineered rice may be legally imported into the EU. As a result, any contamination of the U.S. long-grain rice supply is financially devastating to US growers and exporters, claims the lawyer handling the case. The federal lawsuits represent rice growers in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. The government announced Aug. 18 that the genetically engineered rice had been found in U.S. rice long-grain rice supplies. Federal officials have said the genetically engineered rice poses no health or food safety risks. The lawsuit seeks to represent rice farmers in the Missouri/Arkansas area whose rice was contaminated with genetically engineered rice. 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 Two class action lawsuits were filed relating to a CSX Transportation tanker car leak which forced evacuations in Cincinnati.
The lawyers representing homeowners filed the lawsuit against CSX Transportation and the railcar's owner, Westlake Styrene Company. Lead-containing paints have been banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 1978. A class action has been filed against the Louisville, Kentucky, Housing Authority on behalf of children who were allegedly exposed to toxic levels of lead when they played on soil that the Authority knew was polluted, in violation of state and federal environmental laws.
If suffering the devastation to one's home has not been enough for hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents, then they can now look to their mortgage companies and banks for more evidence of greed. This story will describe what is happening to Louisiana homeowners. All molds have the potential to cause health problems. A class action has been filed against the city and county of Denver, Colorado, on behalf of all persons who have been exposed to the allegedly poor environmental conditions at Denver International Airport since the facility opened in February 1995, citing violations of state environmental laws. More than 40 Mohawks filed a class action lawsuit in late November against General Motors Corp. and Alcoa Inc., who claim for years have dumped polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, into the river that flows through their territory.
The 44 named plaintiffs are all residents of Akwesasne, a reservation that straddles the U.S.-Canada border in northern New York state. The men, women and children named in the suit allege that they've suffered disease, illness or other ailments caused primarily by consuming fish contaminated with PCBs. The Cold War is not yet over for some Coloradans. A class action has been filed against Rockwell International Corporation and Dow Chemical Corporation on behalf of Colorado property owners adjacent to the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant who allege that the plant released a six-mile high plume of highly radioactive plutonium contaminating over 15,000 parcels of land in violation of state and federal environmental laws. |
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