[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTORS: "Court: Bethpage [NY] Water District filed contamination suit too late"

[Lenny Siegel]

Court: Bethpage Water District filed contamination suit too late
Lawsuit sought unspecified amount for groundwater treatment at Northrop Grumman site. District plans to appeal court decision, general counsel says.

By Emily C. Dooley
Long Island Newsday (NY)
March 5, 2018 

The Bethpage Water District lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp. hit another snag after a federal appeals court affirmed a lower ruling dismissing the case, saying the utility waited too long to seek relief over groundwater contamination. 

The three-judge panel from 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the statute of limitations ran out and Bethpage should have filed it’s 2013 lawsuit sooner.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/bethpage-water-district-lawsuit-grumman-1.17133627

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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