Yslava v. Hughes Aircraft Company
N/AOUTCOME: Settled for undisclosable sum
In excess of 300 consolidated federal lawsuits representing approximately 1000 claimants alleged Hughes Aircraft Company, the United States Air Force, Burr Brown, City of Tucson Airport Authority and o ... ther various defendants caused the contamination of groundwater in the Tucson International Airport area resulting in personal injury and/or death to plaintiffs or plaintiffs' decedents. Plaintiffs alleged that from 1952 to 1981 Hughes and other Defendants disposed of hazardous wastes and substances, including TCE, by dumping these substances on property near the Tucson International Airport. Plaintiffs claimed these substances seeped through the soil and entered the groundwater from which plaintiffs received drinking water. Plaintiffs further alleged that Hughes and other Defendants were aware of the potential for contamination as early as 1957. Hughes defends claiming it has always disposed of any hazardous substances in accordance with state of the art procedures.
