[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "Duncan, Oklahoma, property owners denied class-action status in Halliburton pollution lawsuit"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Duncan, Oklahoma, property owners denied class-action status in Halliburton pollution lawsuit
Landowners contend Halliburton is liable for contamination found in residential water wells

by Brianna Bailey 
Oklahoman
March 5, 2015

A federal judge in Oklahoma City has denied class-action status to a group of Duncan property owners who are suing Halliburton after pollution from rocket fuel seeped into the groundwater in their neighborhood.

The property owners in the north Duncan neighborhood contend Halliburton is liable for damages after ammonium perchlorate contamination from Cold War-era defense contract work was discovered in residential water wells in the area. A separate class of property owners where high levels of perchlorate were not found claimed the value of their property has been threatened by the proximity to the groundwater pollution.

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For the entire article, see
http://newsok.com/duncan-oklahoma-property-owners-denied-class-action-status-in-halliburton-pollution-lawsuit/article/5398475

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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