Federal judge dismisses emissions lawsuit against LaPlace chemical plant
Attorney Danny Russell will appeal Judge Feldman's decision. | Russell Law Firm LLC NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has swatted down a second environmental lawsuit alleging that a chemical company’s operations have caused medical problems and health risks for the plant’s neighbors in St. John the Baptist Parish. Judge Martin Feldman of the Eastern District of Louisiana granted the motions of defendants DuPont and Denka Performance Elastomer of LaPlant to dismiss a case filed by plaintiff David Acosta and others, concluding that the plaintiffs lacked a sustainable c...
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