[CPEO-BIF] Ujima Village lawsuit, Willowbrook (LA County), California

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Hundreds sue L.A. County over Ujima Village contamination
Former residents and their survivors seek unspecified damages for 
alleged toxic exposure.

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Los Angeles Times
April 12, 2010

More than 400 people, former residents of the county-owned Ujima Village 
housing complex in Willowbrook and their survivors, have sued the 
county, the site's developers and former property owner Exxon-Mobil, 
contending that they were exposed to toxins while evidence of hazards 
were concealed.

In a civil lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, 
the plaintiffs allege that contamination at the 300-unit complex built 
on a former oil tank storage site caused cancer, leukemia, miscarriages, 
respiratory distress, chronic infections, asthma, anemia and cognitive 
and neurological issues. They are demanding unspecified damages to 
compensate for back rent, injuries, medical costs and what they contend 
are the wrongful deaths of at least 38 former residents.

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For the entire article, see
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/12/local/la-me-ujima13-2010apr13

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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