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Acreage cancer cluster inquiry
Weitz & Luxenberg is no longer accepting cases concerning the Acreage cancer cluster. This information is provided for informational purposes only.
Is environmental pollution to blame for health issues in The Acreage?
Many Acreage residents believe chemical spills at Pratt & Whitney might have caused the Acreage cancer cluster in their central Palm Beach County community. This concern has prompted discussion of a potential environmental lawsuit.
Health department experts conducted an analysis of 13 families whose children and teenagers in The Acreage have been diagnosed with cancer of the brain or central nervous system. Their investigation was sparked in June 2009 by the request of an Acreage mother whose child had a brain tumor. The state declared the cluster in February, after finding four cases of pediatric brain cancer from 2005 to 2007, when one or two would be considered normal.
Our attorneys are currently investigating the health concerns of Acreage residents. We invite you to discuss your story with us.
The rocket and jet engine developer has accumulated a long list of toxic leaks and spills on its 7,000 acres dating back to at least 1979 - including one that spread into the neighboring J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area.
The DEP is keeping track of Pratt's remediation and its current disposal of hazardous waste.
Reportedly, over the years, workers at Pratt dumped and spilled cleaning solvents, jet and rocket fuel and toxic chemicals, including cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. A buried waste oil tank leaked volatile organic compounds.
How we can help Acreage residents
As one of the nation’s leading plaintiffs’ law firms, Weitz & Luxenberg can provide you with the legal strength you need to take on companies that have polluted your community with dangerous chemicals.
We are here to help ensure that you and your neighbors have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, and that your property is protected from activities that threaten to devalue it, such as corporate dumping.
Our clients have been the victims of vapor intrusion, tainted water, and noxious odors and toxic emissions from landfills, among other acts of negligence.
Our environmental attorneys are litigators with extensive courtroom experience and an in-depth understanding of the environmental laws.
Our litigation encompasses toxic tort, personal injury and property damage claims. We counsel and represent our clients in all phases of civil litigation, including all pre-trial proceedings.
Among other matters, Weitz & Luxenberg is currently litigating two large cases involving injuries people have sustained as a result of exposures to contaminants in their drinking water and/or in the air they breathe: one in Plant City, Florida, which has approximately 1,000 plaintiffs, and one in Grand Island, Nebraska, which has approximately 300 plaintiffs.
Our Success
The firm recently secured a landmark settlement against some of the country's biggest oil companies for contaminating public drinking water supplies with a gasoline additive known as methyl butyl tertiary ether, or MTBE. Most of those defendants agreed to pay $423 million to settle suits involving the contamination of 153 public and private drinking water systems nationally.
Weitz & Luxenberg has been winning such cases for over 20 years.
If you have lived in Acreage and been affected by pollution, we may be able to help. Please complete the form below for a free legal review of your potential environmental case. A representative of our firm will be in touch shortly.
see also:
Background
Acreage Brain Cancer | Weitz & Luxenberg Lawyers InvestigateDid pollution in the Acreage cause brain cancer? Free lawsuit review
Important Documents
Acreage Palm Beach Cancer Study | Weitz & LuxenbergRead health documents on the Acreage in Palm Beach - Free legal review
Investigation
Acreage Cancer May be Caused by Industrial Waste | Weitz & LuxenbergOur attorneys are currently investigating the health concerns of Acreage residents. We invite you to discuss your story with us for free.
