Baltimore’s Suit Over PCB Contamination Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (April 1, 2020, 7:20 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland on March 31 denied a motion to dismiss the mayor and city council of Baltimore’s lawsuit against Monsanto Co. and two of its predecessors who made polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) over contamination that passed through the city’s municipal separate stormwater system (MS4) and into bodies of water, finding that plaintiffs had standing to bring their claims and that they were sufficiently stated (Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Monsanto Co., et al., No. RDB-19-0483, D. Md., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55265)....