Legal Opinion
Brown v. Whirlpool Corp.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided February 10, 2014No. Case No. 3:13CV1092PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES G. CARR, Senior District Judge.
This suit, brought under diversity jurisdiction and governed by Ohio law, has its origins in a well-documented cancer cluster in eastern Sandusky County, Ohio.
Plaintiffs are fifty-eight Sandusky County residents who assert claims for wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage against defendant Whirlpool Corporation. They allege Whirlpool dumped toxic waste at sites near its manufacturing plant in Clyde, Ohio, and emitted pollutants, carcinogens, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air. Plaintiffs contend that, as a result of their…
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