Putative Class: Tainted Water Claim Valid; Motion To Dismiss Should Be Denied

FORT MYERS, Fla. - A group of Florida residents on June 6 filed a brief in Florida federal court contending that the district court should deny the city of Fort Myers' motion to dismiss the group's putative class action for the contamination of local groundwater with arsenic because they have stated a claim for relief, among other things, for violation of federal laws that prohibit open dumps (Deretha Miller, et al. v. Fort Myers, et al., No. 18-195, M.D. Fla.).
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