Adams v. Atlantic Richfield Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION DESHEENA ADAMS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Cause No. 2:18-CV-375-PPS-AZ ) ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER This action is one of several related toxic tort lawsuits brought in this district by various groups of East Chicago residents.1 The plaintiffs in this case are 54 former residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex, and four individuals who resided nearby in a private, single-family home. Those four individuals who lived adjacent to West Calumet are Minerva Ramirez,…