[CPEO-BIF] North Carolina Assembly votes to reverse CTS court case

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CTS Toxic Vapors, Community Meeting

by Mike Mason
WLOS TV-13 News (Asheville, NC)
June 12 2014

There are major new developments in the ongoing saga over the CTS  
Superfund site in South Asheville. State lawmakers just approved a  
bill allowing those affected by contamination to sue CTS Corporation,  
despite Monday's ruling by the United States Supreme Court.

News 13's investigative reporter Mike Mason attended a community  
meeting that was intended to focus on cleanup efforts at CTS and the  
toxic vapors that recently prompted 3 families to evacuate their  
homes. Now this new bombshell has changed the dynamics of that  
meeting. This bill approved by North Carolina’s General Assembly  
today supports residents affected by CTS and says the US Supreme  
Court made a mistake by ruling in favor of the accused contaminator.

This morning the General Assembly voted unanimously to approve a  
House substitute for Senate Bill 574, revising the state's 10-year  
statute of limitations. This comes days after Supreme Court Justices  
ruled that each state is allowed to limit the time victims have to  
sue companies. This new bill would remove that 10-year limit for  
those affected by "groundwater contamination".


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For the entire story, see
http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_cts- 
toxic-vapors-community-meeting-16590.shtml

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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>
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