More than 150 people, including former workers at Olin Corp.’s chemical plant in Bradley County, have filed suit against the company, claiming it knowingly exposed them to hazardous levels of mercury.
The suit, filed Friday in Hamilton County Circuit Court, said the exposure to mercury that occurred over decades poses severe health risks and brain damage.
The legal action, by the Joey James Law Firm of Florence, Alabama, in collaboration with Chattanooga attorney Jimmy Rogers of Summers, Rufolo and Rogers, stems from a comprehensive investigation “that revealed compelling evidence of Olin Corp.’s negligence in maintaining safe working conditions,” a news release said.
The suit said from 1962 to about 2012, mercury was used in the plant’s chlor-alkali manufacturing processes.