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Appeals panel: Chicago residents can sue city for exposure to lead in city drinking water lines

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, May 23, 2019 @ 5:34pm

A divided state appeals panel has unstopped a class action against the city of Chicago over lead in the city’s drinking water, saying the plaintiffs need only demonstrate they have been exposed to relatively high levels of water-borne lead to allow the lawsuit to continue, even though 80 percent of the homes in Chicago are served by lead water lines.
City of Chicago: Huge lead water pipes class action can't prove injuries, impinges city sovereignty

By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, May 25, 2016 @ 6:08pm

Saying the Chicago city residents who brought the legal action can’t prove they were injured by lead in their water and arguing the lawsuit comes directly against the city’s rights under the law to set its own governmental policy, Chicago city attorneys have asked the court to toss a class action demanding the court order the city to replace lead water pipes leading to homes throughout the city and pay for medical monitoring for a large number of Chicagoans who may have been exposed to lead.