Ictech-Bendeck v. Waste Connections Bayou, Inc., et al.

  1. July 05, 2024

    Landfill Cos., La. Parish Score Partial Win In Landfill Suit

    The operators of a Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, landfill and the parish itself have partially defeated claims filed in Louisiana federal court by local residents who say the landfill's "harmful and toxic odors and chemicals" caused them breathing problems, nausea and poor quality of life.

  2. January 11, 2024

    Judge Says Redactions Needed For La. Landfill Row Docs

    A Louisiana federal judge has determined that communications documents requested by Jefferson Parish residents suing over "noxious odors" from a landfill were protected by attorney-client privilege and must be partially redacted.

  3. January 04, 2024

    La. Landfill Operators Want Judge To Rethink Discovery Order

    The operators and managers of a Louisiana landfill urged a federal judge to reconsider a Tuesday order that told the companies to produce communications documents in a consolidated proposed class action filed by Jefferson Parish residents over the landfill's allegedly "noxious odors."

  4. August 30, 2023

    Louisiana Residents Seek Class Cert. In Landfill Odor Suit

    Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, urged a federal judge in the state to grant them class certification in their consolidated litigation against a landfill accused of emitting toxic fumes, saying their claims are best dealt with on a classwide basis because they are nuisance-, not medical injury-based.

  5. March 15, 2019

    4 La. Nuisance Class Actions Must Remain In Fed. Court

    Nuisance allegations brought by a resident of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, over a nearby smelly landfill are not exempt from the Class Action Fairness Act and have to stay in federal court, a federal judge has ruled, deciding the law applied to it and three other similar suits.