Class Certification Denied for Landowners Alleging Mercury Contamination

BNA's Class Action Litigation Report for December 23 is reporting on an Alabama federal court's denial of class certification in an environmental suit: "Individual fact issues are too numerous to permit certification of a class of property owners who allege mercury from a superfund site damaged their properties, a federal court in Alabama says." Labauve v. Olin Corp., S.D. Ala., No. 03-0567-WS-B, 11/10/05.

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