July 24, 2025
The plaintiffs in a bellwether pollution suit against General Electric Co. and a former subsidiary are asking for a new trial, arguing the jury should not have been able to find in the subsidiary's favor after it had admitted to responsibility in prior court filings.
November 07, 2024
A Louisiana jury has cleared General Electric Co. and former subsidiary Dresser LLC of liability in a bellwether suit over allegations that they improperly disposed of chemicals that contaminated the Rapides Parish area.
October 11, 2024
Two bellwether plaintiffs in litigation seeking to hold the owners and operators of a former pipe manufacturing facility liable for contamination have agreed to permanently drop their claims against Halliburton Energy Services.
August 15, 2024
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday refused to let General Electric escape a lawsuit alleging it is liable for widespread environmental contamination caused by a now-closed pressure valve manufacturing facility that GE used to own.
February 29, 2024
General Electric has told a Louisiana federal judge it should be freed from a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for widespread environmental contamination caused by a since-closed pressure valve manufacturing facility in Rapides Parish, saying the property owners behind the suit are relying on a misguided theory of liability.
September 22, 2023
A Louisiana federal judge denied two companies' attempt to escape claims for state Groundwater Act damages by hundreds of property owners who allege their now-closed pipe valve manufacturing facility in Rapides Parish caused widespread contamination.
August 09, 2023
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the state's environmental regulatory body from two lawsuits brought by proposed classes accusing a manufacturing facility of causing widespread contamination to the surrounding region, saying that the department is immune from such litigation.
August 04, 2023
A Louisiana federal judge won't certify two proposed classes of property owners who accused a manufacturing facility of causing widespread contamination to the surrounding terrain, saying the proposed classes don't satisfy the necessary certification components.
May 18, 2023
A proposed class of property owners is urging a Louisiana federal court to certify and bifurcate its putative class action over alleged contamination of groundwater, soil and air from a local industrial site.
January 07, 2021
A proposed Louisiana class claims that Halliburton Co. failed to notify them that a toxic plume from one of its industrial sites contaminated hundreds, if not thousands, of properties after an accidental fire hydrant crack exposed the chemicals.