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Residents of Jackson, Mississippi File Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Over Water System Contamination

Jackson, Mississippi residents represented by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, the Law Office of Larry D. Moffett, PLLC, Kershaw Talley Barlow, P.C., and Gibbs Travis PLLC filed the first federal class action lawsuit seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages against various government and private engineering defendants over the neglect, mismanagement, and maintenance failures that led to an environmental catastrophe leaving over 153,000 Jackson-area residents without access to safe running water. The Complaint in the case was filed in the Southern District of Mississippi.

“We are striving to secure clean, safe water for the Jackson community – a community that has been suffering with contaminated water for years,” stated Gibbs Travis partner Robert Gibbs, who represents the Plaintiffs in the suit. “This is a righteous fight, and one we intend to win.”

“All families are entitled to clean and safe drinking water,” said Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos, who also represents the Plaintiffs in the case. “Government officials turning a blind eye to contaminated water and letting a major American city’s infrastructure crumble into disrepair is neither representing nor caring for its people. This lawsuit seeks to bring justice – and safe, clean water – to the Jackson community.”

Read the source article at businesswire.com

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