Judge Denies Class Certification Of Negligence Claims Over Contamination

Mealey's (November 6, 2019, 3:58 PM EST) -- FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A federal judge in Indiana on Nov. 5 denied without prejudice a motion for class certification filed by residents who claim that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. was negligent when operating a pesticide lead arsenate production facility near a housing complex in East Chicago, Ind., finding that there is currently no method to determine how contamination on the property has damaged each potential class member (Lerithea Rolan, et al. v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., No. 16-CV-357-TLS, N.D. Ind., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191665)....