PITTSBURGH – A class action, nuisance-based lawsuit from a group of Westmoreland County residents against a Belle Vernon landfill, which charged the facility produces noxious odors and has negatively impacted their quality of life, was recently settled.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has decreed that preliminary objections from U.S. Steel as to litigation surrounding its refinery plant in Braddock and its alleged generation of pollutant byproducts are largely overruled with one exception, that being its objection toward the plaintiff seeking punitive damages.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has issued a split ruling on preliminary objections from U.S. Steel, in a class action lawsuit advanced by a Western Pennsylvania homeowner who alleged the company’s refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts that have affected the quality of life of area residents.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania homeowner who alleged that U.S. Steel’s refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts that have affected the quality of life of area residents, is looking for the company’s preliminary objections sounding in private nuisance to be overruled.
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel has deemed class action litigation from a Western Pennsylvania homeowner, which alleged its refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts which have affected the quality of life of area residents, as “at most, a claim for private nuisance.”