[CPEO-BIF] North Carolina "Senate approves CTS lawsuit contamination bill"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate approves CTS lawsuit contamination bill

by Clarke Morrison
Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
June 19, 2014

RALEIGH – The state Senate approved a bill to give victims of  
groundwater pollution more options to sue in the wake of a U.S.  
Supreme Court ruling that blocked a lawsuit filed by neighbors of the  
former CTS plant in Asheville.

The change in North Carolina law could clear the way for legal claims  
by thousands of Marines and their families who say they were made  
sick by contamination at Camp Lejeune in the eastern part of the state.

The bill says the state's 10-year statute of repose is not intended  
to bar people from suing for personal and property injury caused by  
tainted groundwater, as the Supreme Court decided in a 7-2 ruling  
handed down on June 9.

State Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe, a primary sponsor of the bill in  
the House, applauded the Senate’s action Wednesday. The measure  
passed both chambers unanimously, and Moffitt said he understands  
Gov. Pat McCrory intends to sign it.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/06/19/senate- 
approves-cts-lawsuit-contamination-bill/10857091/

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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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