Magistrate Judge Refuses To Disqualify Attorney In Tainted Groundwater Case

(January 8, 2019, 12:39 PM EST) -- GREENVILLE, Miss. — A U.S. magistrate judge in Mississippi on Jan. 4 denied a motion to disqualify the attorney for a company being sued for groundwater contamination as a result of chemicals released from its manufacturing plants, ruling that if the attorney were disqualified at this stage of the litigation it would “unquestionably” create a substantial hardship for the company (Joe E. Sledge, et al. v. Meritor Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-053, N.D. Miss.)....

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