Posted on 04.09.24

Federal judge dismisses $600 million lawsuit against paper mill for decades of toxic chemical releases in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Source: https://www.wsws.org/, April 4, 2024
By: Kevin Reed

On March 15, a federal judge dismissed the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of residents of a neighborhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan, against Graphic Packaging International (GPI) and 21 local, state and federal government agencies and individuals.

The $600 million lawsuit was filed last June and charged that GPI had discharged airborne chemicals at its paperboard mill in the Northside Kalamazoo community for two decades, causing serious and chronic health problems, including deaths of residents. Read more.

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