Legal Opinion
J.Y.C.C. v. Doe Run Resources, Corp.
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided February 11, 2019No. Case No. 4:15 CV 1704 RWSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY W. SIPPEL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiffs in this matter are more than sixteen hundred Peruvian children who live near Defendants' lead smelter in La *1036Oroya, Peru. Plaintiffs allege that they were injured after being exposed to toxic lead emissions from the smelter. The corporate defendants are United States companies, who through their Peruvian subsidiary, owned and operated the lead smelting and refining complex. The individual defendants in this matter are the directors and/or officers of the defendant companies.
Defendants move to dismiss this case pursuant to the doctrine of…
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