Apr 08, 2021
Arlington, VA – A judge has dismissed with prejudice a nuisance class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Pennsylvania against Waste Connections. The lead plaintiff in the case, Ms. Robin Baptiste, had claimed she was bothered by odors that came from the company’s Bethlehem Landfill, but during a March 2021 deposition, she admitted that the odor was from the Bethlehem Wastewater Treatment Plant. The decision by Judge Chad F. Kenney to dismiss the case with prejudice bars the plaintiffs from filing a future lawsuit against the defendant on the same issue.
“We applaud Judge Kenney’s decision to toss out this lawsuit,” said National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) President and CEO Darrell Smith. “Landfills are highly engineered facilities that comply with stringent local, state and federal regulations.”