Levy v. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago

Two separate class actions were filed in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, alleging, inter alia, that defendant had negligently distributed under the name of Nu-Earth, for use in residential gardens, a sludge-derived fertilizer and soil conditioner which contained dangerous levels of cadmium. One action was brought by Melvin E. Levy and the other by Dino Raffaelli and Theresa Raffaelli, in each instance in their own behalf and “on behalf of all other persons similarly situated.” The circuit court allowed defendant’s…