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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
Leading plaintiffs law firm
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
A Superior Court judge has upheld Portland’s $18-per-hour minimum wage for workers during declared emergencies but also ruled that it does not go into effect until next year.
Supporters of the pay hike approved by Portland voters in November say they’ll appeal to the State Supreme Judicial Court.
“We believe that what the voters clearly intended and what the ordinance says, is that the hazard pay goes into effect immediately to apply during the pandemic and provide much-needed hazard pay for essential workers,” says Shelby Leighton, one of the attorneys who defended the increase. “These workers who have been working so hard for almost a year now, we really want them to get the pay they deserve, and they won’t get that.”
They were also with charged with misdemeanor counts of night hunting.
Cox was additionally charged with a misdemeanor count of using artificial light to illuminate wild animals and Rolerson with unlawful possession of implements or aids, another misdemeanor charge.
The former officers will appear Jan. 7 in Knox County Unified Court for a dispositional conference. The officers were initially to have appeared in court Nov. 9, but their attorneys filed an appearance on behalf of their clients to wave their appearances.
The purpose of the dispositional conference is for the defense attorneys to meet with the prosecution and a judge and discuss the merits of the evidence, the defense and any pretrial motions.