Overview

Experience

Bond’s toxic tort and environmental litigation practice has successfully represented clients in all facets of environmental litigation including:

Experience

Bond’s toxic tort and environmental litigation practice has successfully represented clients in all facets of environmental litigation including:

Civil cases in state and federal courts brought by governmental and private parties seeking civil damages, response costs, fines and other penalties
State and federal administrative proceedings involving regulatory issues
State and federal criminal prosecutions for alleged violations of environmental laws
By way of example, Bond attorneys have represented clients in cases arising from:
Contaminated environmental media (air, water, soil, groundwater)
Exposures from consumer products (carbonless copy paper and hair care products)
Occupational exposures
Pesticides
Drugs
Sick buildings
Asbestos
Lead paint

Our attorneys have the knowledge to address such environmental issues as:

CERCLA cost recovery, natural resource damages, and contribution actions
State Superfund administrative proceedings
RCRA and Clean Water Act Citizen suits
Navigation Law Section 181 actions (petroleum discharges)
Criminal prosecution of environmental statutes and regulations
Common law claims for personal injury damages, medical monitoring and property damage
Asbestos removal and handling violations
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) challenges
Insurance coverage for environmental claims

Industries

Our attorneys have represented clients in a wide variety of industries that include:

Representative Matters:

Defended dozens of cases involving allegations of adult impairment arising from childhood residential lead paint exposure.
- Obtained summary judgment for defendant based on lack of actual or constructive prior notice of hazardous lead paint conditions at the property. Kimball v. Normandeau, 132 AD3d 1340 (4th Dept. 2015).
Defended company against indemnification and contribution claims for petroleum contamination. Bero Family Partnership v. Elardo, 122 AD3d 1279 (4th Dept. 2014).
Defended company’s disposal of waste containing trichloroethylene in unlined earth evaporation pits, resulting in drinking water well contamination. Baity v. General Electric Co., 86 AD3d 948 (4th Dept. 2011).
Obtained summary judgment, dismissing plaintiff’s claims of joint and several cost recovery incurred in the remediation of various contaminants from an industrial site under CERCLA and New York State law. Chitayat v. Vanderbilt Assocs., 702 F. Supp. 69 (EDNY 2010).
Obtained dismissal of Comprehensive Environmental Responsive, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) claim, and affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. W. R. Grace & Co. v. Zotos Int’l, 559 F3d 85 (2d Cir 2009).

Experience

Bond’s toxic tort and environmental litigation practice has successfully represented clients in all facets of environmental litigation including:

Experience

Bond’s toxic tort and environmental litigation practice has successfully represented clients in all facets of environmental litigation including:

Civil cases in state and federal courts brought by governmental and private parties seeking civil damages, response costs, fines and other penalties
State and federal administrative proceedings involving regulatory issues
State and federal criminal prosecutions for alleged violations of environmental laws
By way of example, Bond attorneys have represented clients in cases arising from:
Contaminated environmental media (air, water, soil, groundwater)
Exposures from consumer products (carbonless copy paper and hair care products)
Occupational exposures
Pesticides
Drugs
Sick buildings
Asbestos
Lead paint

Our attorneys have the knowledge to address such environmental issues as:

CERCLA cost recovery, natural resource damages, and contribution actions
State Superfund administrative proceedings
RCRA and Clean Water Act Citizen suits
Navigation Law Section 181 actions (petroleum discharges)
Criminal prosecution of environmental statutes and regulations
Common law claims for personal injury damages, medical monitoring and property damage
Asbestos removal and handling violations
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) challenges
Insurance coverage for environmental claims

Industries

Our attorneys have represented clients in a wide variety of industries that include:

Representative Matters:

Defended dozens of cases involving allegations of adult impairment arising from childhood residential lead paint exposure.
- Obtained summary judgment for defendant based on lack of actual or constructive prior notice of hazardous lead paint conditions at the property. Kimball v. Normandeau, 132 AD3d 1340 (4th Dept. 2015).
Defended company against indemnification and contribution claims for petroleum contamination. Bero Family Partnership v. Elardo, 122 AD3d 1279 (4th Dept. 2014).
Defended company’s disposal of waste containing trichloroethylene in unlined earth evaporation pits, resulting in drinking water well contamination. Baity v. General Electric Co., 86 AD3d 948 (4th Dept. 2011).
Obtained summary judgment, dismissing plaintiff’s claims of joint and several cost recovery incurred in the remediation of various contaminants from an industrial site under CERCLA and New York State law. Chitayat v. Vanderbilt Assocs., 702 F. Supp. 69 (EDNY 2010).
Obtained dismissal of Comprehensive Environmental Responsive, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) claim, and affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. W. R. Grace & Co. v. Zotos Int’l, 559 F3d 85 (2d Cir 2009).

Practices