Property Damage Claim - Class Certification
Gradient provided technical expertise to the defendants for the class certification stage of a property damage claim alleging impacts due to releases from a chemical manufacturing plant. We evaluated the potential existence of common sources or transport mechanisms related to the plant by assessing pesticide and dioxin occurrence patterns and potential sources in the context of a regional conceptual model for chemical transport and comparison to data from elsewhere in the U.S. Gradient testified at the class certification hearing. The court denied the class certification moti
Project Highlights
- Historical practices
- Class certification
- DDT
- BHC
- Dioxins
- Pesticides
- Chemical transport
