Not exact matches
In 2008, however, Ecuador filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice at The Hague,
alleging the Colombian spraying had caused damage to people, crops, and the environment
on Ecuadorian ground and demanding indemnification and prevention of further
contamination.
Their
on - site visit focused
on depositional circumstances, confirmation of stratigraphy, validation of depositional context, anthropogenic reality of
alleged living structures, and potential sources of carbon
contamination at or near the site (Adovasio and Pedler 1997:577).
Our lawyers have defended class actions and individual cases
alleging personal injury and property damage from environmental
contamination or exposure to chemical products based
on all types of legal theories, including negligence, fraud, failure to warn, negligent misrepresentation, trespass, private and public nuisance and damage claims such as «fear of cancer» and medical monitoring.
Smith v. Inco, 2011 ONCA 628, was a class action by thousands of Port Colborne residents who
alleged loss in property value due to public concern about potential health risks from nickel
contamination on their property.