Jim Getz

EXPERIENCE

Environmental & Product Liability

• SCWA v. Dow, et al. and SCWA v. 3M Company, et al. – Jim is on the case team of these two environmental cases on behalf of the largest public water supplier in the country against the manufacturers and distributors of products containing toxic chemicals for contamination of the local public drinking water.
• Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, et al. v. Dow Chemical Co., et al. – Environmental litigation on behalf of the State of New Jersey against the manufacturers of the toxic chemical 1,4-dioxane for contamination of the State’s natural resources and drinking water supply, as well as deceptive and fraudulent business practices regarding the sale of 1,4-dioxane products to industrial facilities and New Jersey consumers.
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, et al. – Representing the New Jersey Attorney General in an environmental justice suit against Ford Motor Company seeking natural resource damages related to environmental pollution near the company’s Mahwah, NJ plant. The State alleges that Ford polluted an area that includes the homeland of a Native American tribe and later concealed the extent of the contamination from subsequent property owners and regulators (as depicted in the HBO documentary Mann V. Ford).