— Sarah Siskind
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US, October 16, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — On Monday, October 16, 2023, the Pennsylvania Superior Court denied U.S. Steel permission to enchantment an Allegheny County court docket’s choice to enable six Mon Valley residents to signify greater than 123,000 of their neighbors in a lawsuit over air air pollution from U.S. Steel.
The lawsuit, Hernandez v. U.S. Steel (Case No. GD-19-005325), arose in December 2018 after a large fireplace disabled U.S. Steel’s air pollution controls at its coke works in Clairton, Pennsylvania. When U.S. Steel continued manufacturing throughout the 102 days it took to restore these controls, the plant’s sulfurous emissions spiked and native officers warned residents of twenty-two communities surrounding the plant to restrict their outside actions.
The plaintiffs declare that, throughout these 102 days, Mon Valley residents suffered noxious odors, burning throats, watering eyes, complications, nausea, and bother respiratory at their houses.
By denying U.S. Steel permission to enchantment, Monday’s ruling permits the consultant plaintiffs to transfer ahead to search damages for greater than 123,000 residents of the 22 communities.
Over 50,000 households will obtain an informational discover within the mail that gives additional details about the case and provides residents the choice to keep within the case or choose out.
“We’re glad the Superior Court determined to reject U.S. Steel’s meritless enchantment,” stated Sarah Siskind, lead lawyer for the plaintiffs and a companion at Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C. “This ruling brings us one step nearer to holding U.S. Steel accountable to its Mon Valley neighbors.”
“The Superior Court’s choice reinforces probably the most vital class certification selections in Allegheny County historical past, if not all of Pennsylvania,” stated Jim Pietz, one other lawyer for the plaintiffs and a companion on the Pittsburgh regulation agency Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec, LLC.
The category motion lawsuit will now proceed to trial. The plaintiffs welcome contact from any residents of the 22 communities who would really like to present details about their expertise within the 102 days after the hearth. Residents can name or textual content (412) 545-3473, or enroll for case updates utilizing the contact kind on the next webpage: www.MonValleyPollution.com.
About Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.
Based in 1971, MBG represents a broad vary of particular person, authorities, non-profit and company shoppers with places of work in Chicago, Sick., and Madison, Wis. The agency is nationally identified for its class motion observe in environmental regulation, civil rights, employment rights, voting rights, predatory lending, in addition to for complicated litigation in opposition to authorities fraud. Its environmental observe consists of particular person and organizational representations, regulatory enforcement, and personal regulation claims to defend the atmosphere, folks and their property from company polluters. Distinguished MBG alumni embody President Barack Obama, a number of federal judges, a MacArthur Basis fellow, and regulation professors at main universities. For extra info: www.LawMBG.com.
Contacts:
Sarah E. Siskind
Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.
ssiskind@lawmbg.com
Matthew J. Owens
Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.
mowens@lawmbg.com
