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Aug 14, 2019

Landfill Pollution Suits Removed to Federal Court

Landfill Pollution

A federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has ruled that seven consolidated suits over landfill pollution were properly removed to federal court. Waste Connections, Inc. moved to remove the cases filed by over 600 plaintiffs under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) Mass Action Provision to federal court after the plaintiffs consented to consolidation of the seven individual lawsuits.  The removal provision is meant to ensure plaintiffs don’t file smaller, separate suits just to avoid federal jurisdiction.  Each of the seven suits were filed by the same plaintiff’s counsel against the same defendants,… Read more