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AFFECTED AREAS
YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO CASH COMPENSATION FOR LOST VALUE.
Cobb County’s Tax Assessors Office recently devalued property in your area because of "EPD-identified environmental issues". Independent appraisers have confirmed a lower market value than homes outside the impacted area.
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RECENT PRESS
Our law firm represents more than 50 warehouse workers who filed a lawsuit in Cobb County alleging they were poisoned by Ethylene Oxide exposure
Jury finds Sterigenics liable for woman's breast cancer, awards $363 million in damages
A jury in the case against Sterigenics and its role in a Willowbrook woman's cancer found the company liable and award her $363 million.
Invisible cancer-causing gas may threaten communities.
Imagine finding out your health may be threatened by an invisible gas that was leaked into your community. Spotlight on America has new information about just how many families across America are being exposed to ethylene oxide, a gas used in facilities that sterilize medical equipment.
Sterigenics Allegedly Covered Up Toxic Emissions, Operated Secret Plants, Former Workers Say
A local company accused of dumping toxic chemicals for decades took extraordinary steps to cover up the release of a cancer-causing gas and secretly operated other facilities in the suburbs, according to court filings and former workers.
Emails reveal Sterigenics’ landlord may have exposed hundreds more to toxic gas
More than 300 people have developed cancer or other illnesses, attorneys say, as a result of exposure to a toxic gas at the medical sterilization plant in Cobb County.
Facilities emitting gas in Vernon will remain open during investigation
The medical sterilizer facilities in Vernon that were found in violation of emitting a carcinogen at elevated levels will not be shuttered.
Sterilization companies hit with wave of lawsuits over ethylene oxide
A series of lawsuits has been filed in metro Atlanta against two companies that use the gas ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment. The six lawsuits were filed on behalf of plaintiffs who said they were injured by the toxic gas, which was released into the air in the neighborhoods where they live, work, or went to school. Five of the lawsuits were filed on behalf of people diagnosed with breast or blood cancers.
Sterilization company fined $51,000 for missed deadline on EtO filters
A medical sterilization company in Fulton County must pay the state a $51,000 fine after missing its deadline to install filters to reduce emissions of a cancer-causing gas.
EPA MAY HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FROM SENDING WARNINGS ABOUT PLANT EMITTING CANCER CAUSING AIR
A newly-released federal report concludes political interference blocked and delayed the Environmental Protection Agency from warning the public of cancer risks tied to a now-shuttered Illinois medical sterilization plant.
New Mexico Attorney General files suit against Sterigenics over ethylene oxide emissions
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced his office is suing a company that sterilizes medical equipment, alleging the business has caused substantial unreported and uncontrolled releases of air pollutants.
Cobb Officials Ask For Clarity on Safe Levels of Ethylene Oxide
It’s been more than two years since Cobb medical sterilizer, Sterigenics, was flagged for emissions that could increase cancer risk, residents and local officials still don’t know whether air around the plant is safe to breath.
COBB HOMEOWNERS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST STERIGENCIS
Homeowners living near a medical sterilizer in Cobb County have filed a lawsuit against the company that runs it, Sterigenics, in what their attorney described as the first of many such cases.
Sterigenics sues Cobb assessors for lowering home values
Sterigenics has filed a lawsuit against the Board of Tax Assessors, claiming it targeted the company with its actions without proper data to back up its decision. The board in April approved a 10% reduction on residential property valuations within a two-mile radius of the facility, said Chief Appraiser Stephen White. The reduction affects more than 5,000 homes.
Dozens of warehouse workers sickened or died from chemical
A lawsuit has been filed against a medical equipment distribution center in Lithia Springs and a controversial medical sterilization plant in Cobb County for allegedly exposing the warehouse employees to unsafe levels of a carcinogenic chemical over a decade…
Company under scrutiny over emissions of cancer-causing chemical named in lawsuit
ATLANTA — More than four dozen employees have filed a lawsuit, alleging a medical sterilization company and an associated company exposed them to dangerous levels of a known carcinogenic…
Workers Sue Medical Device Maker Over Ethylene Oxide Exposure
A group representing warehouse workers in Georgia is suing to recover damages for alleged exposure to unsafe levels of ethylene oxide, a toxic gas used to sterilize medical equipment…
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ERIC J. HERTZ
Eric J. Hertz is a double Board-Certified Trial Attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the American Board of Trial Advocates. A member of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators and author of Georgia legal treatises, Mr. Hertz has tried over 100 jury trials as Lead Attorney and handled over 100 wrongful death cases, resulting in multi-millions of dollars collected for his clients, including multiple record high verdicts.
Eric J. Hertz leads a team of lawyers pursuing Ethylene Oxide litigation
Jeff Gewirtz
Jeffrey E. Gewirtz was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 2001 and the Louisiana State Bar in 2003; he is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; the Georgia Supreme Court; the Georgia Court of Appeals; Louisiana Supreme Court, and has been admitted to United States District Courts including the Northern District of Georgia, Eastern District of Louisiana, and the Eastern District of New York.
Jeffrey E. Gewirtz is licensed to practice in the States of Georgia and Louisiana.
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WHAT IS ETHYLENE OXIDE?
Ethylene oxide (EtO) is produced in large volumes and is primarily used as an intermediate in the production of several industrial chemicals, the most notable of which is ethylene glycol. It is also used as a fumigant in certain agricultural products and as a sterilant for medical equipment and supplies. Unfortunately, EtO possesses several physical and health hazards that merit special attention. EtO is both flammable and highly reactive. Acute exposures to EtO gas may result in respiratory irritation and lung injury, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and cyanosis. Chronic exposure has been associated with the occurrence of cancer, reproductive effects, mutagenic changes, neurotoxicity, and sensitization.
HIGH DOSES OF ETHYLENE OXIDE ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BE FATAL. ETHYLENE OXIDE IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS IN COBB COUNTY.