February 10, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed on behalf of utility workers alleging Verizon endangered them by failing to properly dispose of lead-covered cables on telephone poles, ruling that allegations of suffering common ailments were not enough to support a class action.
September 12, 2023
Verizon endangered utility workers by leaving lead-sheathed cables in place after its 1980s switchover to fiber optic telecommunications, a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court alleges.