Pending Class Actions
Ground Contamination in San Francisco
Birka-White Law Offices is currently prosecuting a case against the City and County of San Francisco for ground contamination near the old “Geneva” bus maintenance yard. Some of the properties have experienced an oil-like substance percolating through their garage and basement floors. Testing has revealed the chemicals to be oil based materials and also ethylene glycol (found in anti-freeze). These chemicals are directly associated with bus maintenance. The San Francisco street car maintenance facility is directly uphill and a short distance from the properties. Claims were filed against the City of San Francisco and the lawsuit is currently pending as Paras v. City and County of San Francisco, Superior Court of San Francisco, Case No. CGC-08-473476.
This story was covered by Tom Vacar, Consumer Editor, KTVU Channel 2 at the 6:00 and 10:00 news on September 19, 2007. Click here to see the KTVU story.
NBC Channel 11 also covered this story on September 21, 2007.