Asheville, NC
Environmental and natural resources Lawyer at Asheville, NC
Practice Areas: Environmental and Natural Resources, Land Use & Zoning
OUTCOME: Settlement for $2.7 million.
The City of Key West sued BP as a result of loss of revenues due to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Key West lost revenues when tourism declined in 2010 after the Spill.
OUTCOME: Settlement for $2.0 million
Electric utility for the Lower Keys of Florida sued BP for loss of revenues due to decline in tourism after the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
OUTCOME: The U.S. District Court found TVA negligent in its handling of coal ash. TVA later agreed to pay $27.8 million to settle claims from over 800 Tennessee property owners.
On December 22, 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant suddenly released over 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge from a failed coal ash impoundment into the Emory River cr ... eating a sludge tsunami that destroyed waterfront homes and affected properties miles away. Davis & Whitlock filed suit on behalf of property owners and others impacted by the TVA Coal Ash Disaster on January 9, 2009, .
OUTCOME: Both defendants were found to have violated the Clean Water Act; post-trial settlements resulted in rehabilitation of sewer line, payment of civil penalties by both defendants, and award of significant litigation costs.
Clean Water Act citizen suit and property damage claims to address pretreatment violations by industrial discharger and NPDES permit violations by municipality in its operation of municipal sewerage sy ... stem, resulting in the release of noxious gases and odors from sewerage system into residential neighborhood.
OUTCOME: Federal district court found that DOE nuclear weapons facilities are not exempt from federal and state environmental regulations. The suit resulted in application of federal and state environmental regulations to all nuclear weapons facilities nationwide.
Citizen suit under Clean Water Act and RCRA to enforce hazardous waste and water pollution control regulations at U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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