Residents of Bhopal, India, have filed suit against Union Carbide for toxic pollution and contamination from a Union Carbide pesticide plant. A poisonous gas leak from this same plant killed over 5,000 people in 1984.

In addition to EarthRights International (ERI), counsel for the plaintiffs include Sharma & DeYoung LLP, Curtis Trinko, Hausfeld LLP, and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC.

Documents: 

March 2004, Second Circuit Partial Reversal of Dismissal

March 2003, Dismissal

November 2001, Federal Appeals Court Decision Reinstating Parts of Suit

August 2000, District Court's Dismissal of the Suit