January 25, 2008 - Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Co. announced today it has settled a lawsuit brought by two next-door neighbors with brain cancer who alleged their illnesses were caused by contamination from a Modine manufacturing plant here.
The agreement in principle settles 22 personal injury cases filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and an alleged class action lawsuit that was filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Litigation against other named companies in the lawsuits continues.
The lawsuit contended that all three brain cancers were caused by toxic contamination of air and groundwater by the three defendant companies. The suit alleged “years of toxic chemical spills that led to contamination with known cancer-causing compounds, including vinyl chloride and trichloroethene.”
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