July 28, 2023
A New Jersey federal judge approved a $42 million settlement between a class of Carteret residents and the owners of a closed copper smelter over toxic chemical pollution and signed off on $19 million in attorney fees and costs for the class counsel.
July 11, 2023
Residents of a New Jersey city and owners of a shuttered copper smelter want a Garden State federal judge to approve a $42 million cash settlement to resolve allegations that homes near the refinery were contaminated with toxic chemicals and the facility's owners hid the pollution.
April 17, 2017
Carteret, New Jersey, residents on Sunday shot back at three companies looking to sink a putative class action in New Jersey federal court accusing them of causing environmental contamination at a defunct smelting plant, rejecting their argument that the lawsuit failed to put each business on notice of the claims against it.
March 28, 2017
Three companies urged a New Jersey federal court Tuesday to toss a putative class action brought against them by Carteret, New Jersey, residents over environmental contamination from a defunct smelting plant, claiming the lawsuit fails to specify the alleged conduct of each business and instead lumps the parties together.