Magistrate OKs Second Amended Complaint In Long-Running Groundwater Pollution Case

Mealey's (September 26, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal magistrate judge in Indiana on Sept. 23 granted a group of residents permission to file an amended complaint in a long-running lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) to add claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress from exposure to lead and arsenic in groundwater, but denied them leave to seek medical monitoring, ruling that there was no independent cause of action for medical monitoring....