Meeting next week to discuss the sludge devastation with Roane County residents

2009-01-04 20:40:34 - Erin Brockovich and the lawyers of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. will be available next week to assure Tennessee residents that there is recourse.

In the aftermath of the horrific environmental disaster in which billions of gallons of coal ash sludge broke through a dike of a 40-acre holding pond at TVA's Kingston coal-fired power plant, Details on the location and date will be available shortly on the firm's website, www.weitzlux.com

"My main objective in these cases is not legal, but to work with the

community to build trust and help protect their health and safety," said famed environmental advocate Erin Brockovich. "Many times, industry deceives us and government is absent. People are left standing in contamination with no help," Brockovich added. "I know lawsuits can scare people, but these attorneys (W&L) seek justice, and in doing so, they uncover the truth."

Elevated levels of lead and thallium and what the Environmental Protection Agency called 'very high' levels of arsenic have been found in water samples taken near the site of the TVA spill, which, to date, had destroyed at least three homes and damaged scores of properties.

'People have a right to fight back if their property has been affected by this spill-if their well water has been contaminated,' said Robin Greenwald, head of the Environmental Toxic Torts Unit at Weitz & Luxenberg.

The law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. is no stranger to helping victims of environmental pollution. 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.

The firm invites all residents to attend a special meeting with Erin Brockovich and our environmental lawyers next week. A date and location will be announced shortly, so please visit our website, www.weitzlux.com for updated news and to get a free legal review of your environmental case. We are currently reviewing the legal claims of all victims of the Kingston coal spill disaster.

About Weitz & Luxenberg P.C.
Weitz & Luxenberg, founded in 1986, is one of the leading plaintiffs' litigation law firms in America. The firm has played leading roles in national and local litigations involving asbestos/mesothelioma, defective medicines and medical devices such as Heparin, Digitek and Ortho Evra, and general negligence, among others. A forerunner in the legal fight against environmental polluters, Weitz & Luxenberg has worked with clients harmed by MTBE among other toxins.