Browing v. Flexsteel Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JON E. DEGUILIO, District Judge.

The plaintiffs here are residents or owners in a housing development subject to severe groundwater contamination allegedly caused by the defendants’ unpermitted and unlawful dumping of industrial solvents and other hazardous waste. In addition to a toxic tort suit in Indiana state court, they filed a five count complaint in this court. Counts I and II seek treble damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (“RICO”) for an alleged scheme of mail and wire fraud and obstruction of justice designed to conceal the…