The ruling comes at a time when Maine judges haven't found a direct causal relationship between most paper mills in the state that may have been using the chemicals and homeowners with contaminated wells seeking damages in lawsuits.
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Somerset Mill, located alongside the Kennebec River, has for decades discharged chemicals into water sources, dumped into landfills and sold as fertilizer, grossly contaminating property in Maine; former owner Kimberly-Clark and current owner Sappi Ltd., of South Africa, named as defendants
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Grant & Eisenhofer has filed a lawsuit seeking class status in Maine Superior Court against current and previous owners and operators of a paper mill that has for decades dumped toxic and long-lasting forever chemicals into water and soil, contaminating property and drinking-water sources.
The class seeks to represent anyone who lived in Somerset County, Maine – the state s third-largest by area – for at least one year between 1967 through the present. The complaint asserts that Somerset Mill, a paper and pulp facility owned until 1995 by Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Scott Paper Co., and now by South Africa s Sappi Ltd., is the source of dangerous pollutan