Judge Dismisses 248 Plaintiffs In Groundwater Case For Missing Deadlines

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - A federal judge in Mississippi on Sept. 25 adopted a report from a magistrate judge in a groundwater contamination lawsuit and dismissed 248 plaintiffs who had not complied with a case management order (CMO) despite the deadline being extended multiple times (Dorothy Abner, et al. v. Hercules Inc., et al., No. 14-63, S.D. Miss.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156208).
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