Acord v. COLANE CO.

This case is before this Court upon appeal of final orders of the Circuit Court of Logan County entered on March 31, 2010, in this class action for medical monitoring based on negligence, strict liability and public nuisance claims. The petitioner and plaintiff below, Norma Acord, is the representative of a class of individuals consisting of current and former students and staff of Omar Elementary School. Ms. Acord contends that the class members are at an increased risk of contracting cancer because the property on which the school is located was used as a garbage dump from the 1920s through…