Environmental Pollution Knows No Boundaries

Class Action Lawsuit Filed For PFOA in Yaphank

October 10, 2017

Napoli Shkolnik has filed a class action 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 the residents of Yaphank, New York. The class action complaint was filed in the Supreme Court for the State of New York,…Read the article

PFOA/PFOS Contamination Case Filed in WA

April 18, 2018

Napoli Shkolnik PLLC has 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 the residents of Airway Heights and Medical Lake, Washington. The class action complaint was filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern…Read the article

A Fair Judicial System? The Death Penalty

August 22, 2017

The following article is written by Craig Phemister, Esq., Practice Chair of the Napoli Shkolnik PLLC Civil Rights Department. Update: Missouri Governor issues a stay of execution amid new DNA evidence The case of Marcellus Williams is a tragedy. His execution is scheduled for Tuesday (August 22nd) evening. It shows the fault with our criminal…Read the article