Louise Caro

Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and the Law Offices of Brian Cunha & Associates have filed a lawsuit against five manufacturers of aqueous firefighting foams (“AFFF”) containing perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) and perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) for the contamination of the groundwater relied upon by Hyannis, Hyannisport, and West Hyannisport. The class action complaint was filed in the Federal…Read the article

Napoli Shkolnik has filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Niagara Falls, the Niagara Falls Water Board, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (the former Hooker Chemical Corp.), and other defendants, for injuries related to toxic waste released from the Love Canal hazardous waste site. Love Canal, an area synonymous with hazardous waste and public health…Read the article

​​​Napoli Shkolnik PLLC is proud to announce that Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik was named Co-Liaison Counsel in the Flint Water Crisis Litigation by United Stated District Judge Judith E. Levy of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. In this role, Mr. Shkolnik will oversee all currently pending individual personal injury, property damage, and wrongful death cases, as…Read the article

The Observer-Reporter recently spoke with Napoli Shkolnik Partner Louise Caro regarding the class-action lawsuit the firm filed against FirstEnergy Corp. on behalf of Fayette County village residents. Caro said, “I think the people that live there in LaBelle are being completely ignored and have been poisoned for some time, and it’s not going to stop.”…Read the article

Chemicals found in firefighting foams are causing water contamination in communities around the country. For residents in Hyannis, Hyannisport and West Hyannisport, alarmingly elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA were found in their their wells. This lead Barnstable town officials to issue public advisories for the Hyannis water system on more than one occasion since…Read the article

It has been more than two months since Napoli Shkolnik filed the first group of Notices of Claim against the Town of Wheatfield, and on March 26th the first lawsuit on behalf of 70 current and former residents exposed to the toxic landfill was filed.   Napoli Shkolnik Partner Louise Caro  says she and the firm will…Read the article

Environmental Litigation attorney and partner Louise Caro recently spoke with WIVB News-4 Television about the legal actions Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, along with Smith Stag LLC and attorney Christen Civiletto have filed against the Town of Wheatfield. A complaint has been filed on behalf of about 60 people who say they’re sick from contamination from Love…Read the article

Environmental Litigation attorney and Napoli Shkolnik Partner Louise Caro recently spoke to TWC News Buffalo regarding the impending Wheatfield lawsuit. As she explains the Town of Wheatfield has 30 days to respond to the filed notice of claims after which the lawsuit will be filed. The town will not be the only defendant named in…Read the article