Federal Judge Partially Grants Motion To Dismiss Nuclear Contamination Claims

Mealey's (October 14, 2022, 10:52 AM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a putative class of property owners’ state law ultrahazardous/strict liability claim but declined to dismiss the remaining state and federal claims arising from radioactive contamination allegedly caused by a defective air-monitoring system at a nuclear power plant that underreported uranium contamination to federal regulators for decades....