Mortgage Holder Allowed To Intervene In Radioactive Contamination Suit

Mealey's (March 1, 2021, 12:37 PM EST) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on Feb. 25 allowed the mortgage holder of a property involved in a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) lawsuit over radioactive slag contamination to intervene in the lawsuit, finding that the lender’s interests are different from those of the couple who currently own the home because of a state court foreclosure proceeding that is stayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....