October Update: Distribution of Property Settlement Class Payments and Private Well Nuisance Class Payments were mailed on October 21, 2022.
New York State Supreme Court, County of Rensselaer
If you drank water supplied by the Town of Petersburgh Public Water System or from a private well in the Town of Petersburgh, or owned or rented property in the Town of Petersburgh, you could get benefits from a class action settlement.
A state court authorized this Notice. It is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
- A settlement has been reached with Tonoga, Inc. (doing business as Taconic) (“Defendant”) in a class action lawsuit about the effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in the Town of Petersburgh.
- The Settlement includes:
- Individuals who ingested water at a property that was supplied by the Town Public Water System or from a private well in the Town of Petersburgh in which PFOA has been detected and who underwent blood serum tests that detected a PFOA level in their blood above 1.86 µg/L; or any natural child who was born to a female who meets and/or met the above criteria at the time of the child’s birth and whose blood serum was tested after birth and detected a PFOA level above 1.86 µg/L (“Medical Monitoring Settlement Class Members”);
- Persons who are or were owners of real property who obtain or obtained their drinking water from the Town Public Water System and who purchased that property on or before February 20, 2016 (“Town Water Property Damage Class Members”);
- Persons who are or were owners of real property located in the Town of Petersburgh within a seven mile radius of Defendant’s Facility and who obtained their drinking water from a privately owned well contaminated with PFOA and owned that property at or around February 20, 2016 when the contamination was discovered (“Private Well Property Damage Class”); and
- Persons who are or were owners or renters of real property located in the Town of Petersburgh within a seven mile radius of the Defendant’s Facility and who obtain or obtained their drinking water from a privately owned well contaminated with PFOA and occupied that property at or around February 20, 2016 when the contamination was discovered (“Private Well Nuisance Class Members”).
- Your legal rights are affected regardless of whether you act or do not act. Read the Notice carefully.
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Your Legal Rights and Options in this Settlement
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Submit a Claim Form |
This is the only way you can get a payment or other benefits from this Settlement. |
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Exclude Yourself from the Settlement |
Do not get a payment or other Settlement benefits. This is the only option that allows you to be part of any other lawsuit against the Released Parties, including the Defendant, for the legal claims made in this lawsuit and released by the Settlement.
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Object to the Settlement |
Write to the Court with reasons why you do not agree with the Settlement.
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You may ask the Court for permission for you or your attorney to speak about your objection at the Final Approval Hearing.
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Do Nothing |
You will not get a payment or other benefits from this Settlement and you will give up certain legal rights. |