[CPEO-BIF] Judge dismisses homeowners' lawsuit against Lockheed Martin in Moorestown, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lockheed Martin contamination lawsuit dismissed

By Todd McHale
Burlington County Times (NJ)
August 15, 2014

A federal judge has dismissed an environmental lawsuit filed against  
Lockheed Martin by neighboring property owners.

Chief Judge Jerome B. Simandle, of the U.S. District Court of New  
Jersey, ruled that contamination levels on the neighbors’ properties  
did not pose a risk to their health or the environment.

"Plaintiffs have failed to carry their burden on the ‘imminent and  
substantial endangerment' element," Simandle stated in his opinion,  
handed down last week.

Residents of the Wexford housing development, Michael and Ashley  
Leese and Jay and Raquel Winkler, filed the lawsuit in federal court  
in Camden in 2011, alleging that hazardous chemicals released on  
Lockheed Martin's site on Borton Landing Road had migrated and  
contaminated adjacent residential properties.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/lockheed-martin- 
contamination-lawsuit-dismissed/article_65009b11-9649-51a0-98c0- 
df9c83369f6b.html

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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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