and arsenic that can cause cancer, heart problems, reduced lung function and developmental problems in children, along with other health disorders.
Before the school board started constructing a school on land it purchased in 1975, its members knew that testing revealed incurable chemical contamination. The residents,"who are some of the most unrepresented in our society, put their trust in the defendants,” who “did nothing as evidence mounted that the former landfill was hazardous.”Two months after the trial began, Ramsey ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, awarding $90 million in damages. Each person was to receive up to $50,000 for mental stress.
Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, drowning the Ninth Ward, including Gordon Plaza, in more than six feet of floodwaters. Residents scattered as far away as Australia. “I watched her go from a woman who walked like a stallion to one who had to be pushed in a wheelchair,” Rainey said.A year later, Davis died, according to her Boyd Family Funeral Home obituary. She was 59.By the time Regan, the EPA administrator, stepped out of his black government SUV and took a seat in a circle of residents on Rainey’s front yard, Gordon Plaza’s residents had little faith in government.It started in 1986, when the EPA conducted soil tests at the former landfill.
That included Morial, the first Black mayor who rode into office on the votes of a new Black voting majority. “I’m saying that community leaders right back in the day said we don’t favor a buyout because we don’t want the neighborhood to be destroyed," said Marc Morial, whose eight years in office ended in 2002.
Ilene3youtz Sounds like a case of nondisclosure and gross negligence to me. Can you say class action?
Jesus, capitalism is wicked, isn't it?
KingJames should help them sue sh out of them