Ringwood Litigation Update
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Legal Papers Filed in the Class Action:
Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification
Judge Pratter's Memorandum and Order Denying Defendant Rohm and Haas's Motion for Summary Judgment
Order Denying Defendant Rohm and Haas's Renewed Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
Judge Pratter's Memorandum Recognizing Claim for Medical Monitoring under Illinois Law
Plaintiff's Reply Brief in Support of Class Certification
Judge Pratter's February 20, 2008 Opinion Preliminarily Approving the Proposed Class Action
Documents of Interest:
Domestic Well Testing Locations
EPA Hazardous Site Evaluation Division-FIT 1990
McHenry County Health Department Drinking Water Laboratory Test Results
In the News:
2008
Northwest Herald: Brain Cancer Victim Loses 1-year Battle (1/2/08)
Law.Com: Tentative OK Given to $2M Partial Settlement in Groundwater Contamination Case (2/25/08)
Chemical Spill at Rohm and Haas (3/11/08)
Factory Still Investigating Accident (3/12/08)
Plant Spilled 2.5 Tons of Chemical (3/15/08)
Cancer Payoff Plotted (3/22/08)
McCullom Lake Lawsuit Hearing Set (4/3/08)
Cancer Hearings Wrap Up (6/21/08)
Down makes 'game-changing' buyout of Rohm and Haas (7/10/08)
McCullom Lake Settlement will Help Pay for Screenings (12/6/08)
2007
Northwest Herald: Another Cancer Case Added to Groups of Suits (3/28/07)
Northwest Herald: One Year Later: McCullom Lake A Town Divided (4/25/07)
Northwest Herald: Liver Damage New Complaint in McCullom Lake Lawsuit (6/8/07)
Philadelphia City Paper: Chemical Imbalance: Were the Brain Tumers Really Just Coincidence? (9/6/07)
Northwest Herald: More Cancer Lawsuits Filed (10/3/07)
Philadelphia Magazine: Mystery at Rohm and Haas (11/07)
Northwest Herald: Running for Mom (11/26/07)
Northwest Herald: Did Chemical Exposures Cause Cancers for McCullom Lake Residents? (12/13/07)
Northwest Herald: The Cancers (12/13/07)
Northwest Herald: Plaintiffs' Timeline (12/13/07)
Northwest Herald: A History of Events (12/14/07)
Northwest Herald: The Chemicals in Question (12/14/07)
Northwest Herald: Fight of their Lives (12/16/07)
Northwest Herald: Opposing Views of Study (12/17/07)
Northwest Herald: Was the Well Water Tainted? (12/17/07)
Northwest Herald: County Study Questioned (12/18/07)
Northwest Herald: A State of Limbo (12/19/07)
Northwest Herald: A Familiar Story (12/20/07)
Northwest Herald: Uncertain Futures (12/20/07)
Northwest Herald: Due Diligence Exercised in Investigation (12/22/07)
Northwest Herald: Questions Surround Study (12/22/07)
2006
Northwest Herald News: Residents Sue 5 Companies (4/26/06)
CBS2Chicago.com News: Lawsuit: Chemical Plant Caused 3 Neighbors' Cancer (4/26/06)
Northwest Herald News: We Complained for Years (4/27/06)
Chicago Tribune: 2 Men With Brain Cancer Sue Chemical Plants (4/27/06)
Journal Times.Com: Two Northern Illinois Neighbors Sue Modine, Two Other Companies Over Alleged Water Contamination That is Causing Brain Cancer (4/27/06)
Northwest Herald News: Residents Overflow Meeting (4/28/06)
Northwest Herald News: Firms Go Way Back in Region (4/29/06)
Northwest Herald News: Cancer Cluster in Area? (4/30/06)
Northwest Herald News: Krug Column: McCullom Lake Cancer Story Unsettling (5/2/06)
Northwest Herald News: If True, Cover-Up Artists Should Pay Dearly (5/2/06)
Northwest Herald: Something that can Never be Replaced (5/7/06)
Northwest Herald: Health Department Sits Back on Toxin Lawsuit (5/21/06)
Northwest Herald: Experts: No Link to Cancers (5/23/06)
Northwest Herald: Too Soon for an All-Clear (5/24/06)
Northwest Herald: Three More Lawsuits Filed (5/27/06)
Northwest Herald: Session Seeks to Calm Fears (5/27/06)
Northwest Herald: Obey Environmental Laws (6/17/06)
Northwest Herald: More Cancer Victims Sue (7/21/06)
BBC News: Probe Launced Into Chemical Leak (8/24/06)
Northwest Herald: Four More Cancer Suits Filed (10/11/06)
Northwest Herald: Cancer Lawsuits Mount (12/02/2006)
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