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A lawsuit against the Canadian National Railway over a train derailment that forced hundreds of residents to evacuate southern Illinois town of Tamaroa can continue as a class action case, an appellate court ruled. The railroad had appealed a lower court's ruling that granted class action status to the plaintiffs, which number more than 500, according to the plaintiffs' attorney.

Ground water contamination by industrial waste is a topic of growing concern these days. The class has been certified in an action filed against Conoco, Inc., Agrico Chemical Company, and Escambia Treating Company, Inc., on behalf of all persons who own or owned real property in Pensacola, Florida between 1957 and the present. Though persons who are eligible to participate in the action need do nothing at the present time to maintain their status, they should contact class counsel to assure that they are registered.

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.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against Rem, Inc. The case involves violations of Federal Labor law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

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.

Years of contamination of village water by a gasoline additive has led to a class-action lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corp. and the village. The lawsuit involves almost 100 people who have lived or worked in the village since MTBE was found in water from the Elm Street well.