Judge:  Exposure Case Fails; Government’s Disposal Of Chemical ‘Discretionary’

Mealey's (January 28, 2021, 7:56 AM EST) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge in Iowa on Dec. 4 dismissed a chemical exposure lawsuit against the U.S. government brought by a company that sought to develop residential lots on a parcel of property that had been contaminated by trichloroethylene (TCE), ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction because the government’s decisions regarding chemical disposal were “discretionary.”...