Pollution Cost Recovery and Damage Litigation

The attorneys at Maraziti, Falcon & Healey have handled the following projects and:

• Litigated a complex groundwater pollution case involving a contaminated public drinking water supply owned by the City of Perth Amboy. On the City's behalf, the firm successfully obtained a multi-million dollar cleanup, financed by responsible parties. MF&H has also filed claims on behalf of the City for real property damages due to the presence of contamination. Perth Amboy, City of v. CPS/Madison Industries, Inc. et al and State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Chemical & Pollution Sciences, Inc. et al.

• Defended prior owners of an industrial property in cost recovery litigation filed by successor owners of the site. Among the defenses asserted, is evidence of plume modeling to establish the contamination being remediated is not the result of our client's operations. MF&H is also actively seeking to recover its client's legal expenses and remediation costs from insurance carriers, as the firm has successfully done in other cases.