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Wichita Homeowners Sue Union Pacific | Wichita News
Over 1,700 northeast Wichita homeowners are now united in a landmark class-action lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad, blaming the company’s decades-old rail yard for contaminating their groundwater with toxic TCE. The case, sparked by a public revelation in September and filed just a year later by homeowner Faye Black, has just received legal certification allowing residents to sue together — a major milestone after state officials first detected the contamination in 1994 and the railroad has been cleaning up under supervision for nearly two decades. While Union Pacific maintains its…
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