[CPEO-BIF] TCE exposure sparks lawsuit against Milwaukee housing developer

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Alleged health risks spark class-action lawsuit against Milwaukee developer

Wisconsin Law Journal
June 15, 2023

Attorneys on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit against the developer of the Community Within the Corridor (CWC) redevelopment on behalf of a resident who said she faced illness after evacuating from the Milwaukee redevelopment in March.

In March, around 150 people had to evacuate from the affordable housing redevelopment project near North 32nd and West Center streets under a Milwaukee Health Department order. The city health department issued the order shortly after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) above acceptable levels for apartment residents, specifically for women of childbearing age.

The lawsuit seeks to have the Community Within the Corridor Limited Partnership refund residents for rents paid and disperse revenues and tax credits it obtained, according to the complaint.

Attorneys Michael Cerjak, James Barton and Joshua Greenberg argued their client, Tiffany Bowen, a former resident who had to evacuate from CWC and faced illness after TCE exposure, would never have entered into a lease agreement if she knew about the alleged health risks, according to a complaint.

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For the entire article, see
https://wislawjournal.com/2023/06/15/alleged-health-risks-spark-class-action-lawsuit-against-milwaukee-developer/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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