Magistrate Nixes GE’s Bid To Dismiss Groundwater Case, Says Fact Questions Exist

(August 16, 2024, 1:50 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, La. — A federal magistrate judge in Louisiana has denied General Electric Co.’s bid to dismiss a groundwater contamination lawsuit against it, ruling that there are material questions of fact regarding the scope and extent of GE’s control over the investigation of contamination and its involvement in remediation efforts at the facility that is the source of the pollution....