If you or someone you know has experienced a serious illness potentially linked to the nuclear enriching facility, contact environmental contamination attorneys Fidelma Fitzpatrick or Jonathan Orent by email or call 1.800.868.0020.

Erwin Nuclear Plant Lawsuits

Motley Rice is reviewing potential cases against Babcock & Wilcox and its subsidiaries on behalf of Erwin area victims alleging that they suffered severe illnesses after being exposed to dangerous levels of toxic or radioactive materials released into the air, water and soil. The reported illnesses include breast cancer, ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer and leukemia, some of which have been closely linked to radiation exposure.

Nuclear Contamination Side Effects

Illnesses linked to nuclear exposure vary but can potentially be severe and even fatal. Such exposure increases the risk of developing numerous cancers, including but not limited to cancer of the following:

• Adrenal glands
• Appendix
• Bladder
• Bone
• Brain
• Breast
• Cervix
• Colon
• Esophagus
• Kidney
• Leukemia
• Lung
• Ovaries
• Pancreas
• Parathyroid
• Prostate
• Rectum
• Thyroid
• Skin
• Stomach
• Testes
• Uterus
• Other rare organ and tissue cancers

Nuclear exposure may also result in other serious side effects, including:

• Thyroid disorders
• Cleft palate, club foot, heart problems and neural tube defects in babies born to mothers who suffered exposure

Babcock & Wilcox

Local members of the Erwin area have come forward alleging that the nearby Babcock & Wilcox nuclear facility negligently and improperly disposed of chemical and radioactive waste. Forced to close in 2009, the plant has been criticized for safety violations and cited for non-compliance with federal regulations. Independent testing in the summer of 2010 also confirmed on-going contamination in the Nolichucky River as far as 25 miles away from the plant. 

Babcock & Wilcox currently faces federal lawsuits filed by Motley Rice on behalf of community members in Pennsylvania's Apollo-Parks area who lived or worked near two nuclear enriching facilities, one a Babcock & Wilcox plant, and have since suffered from chronic and rare forms of cancer.

Our Environmental Contamination Lawyers

Motley Rice environmental lawyers represent victims of groundwater contamination in property damage, personal injury and medical monitoring claims. Our environmental attorneys have experience litigating groundwater and soil contamination cases seeking recovery for property value loss, personal injury, and cleanup and restoration efforts. We have represented private and public building owners throughout the United States and Canada in asbestos property damage litigation and communities of citizens whose homes and health have been poisoned by the acts of corporations. In addition to our Apollo-Parks radiation contamination cases, we represented residents of the community of Tallevast, Fla., in property devaluation and emotional distress claims involving groundwater contamination and the State of Oklahoma in a case against poultry integrators alleging that poultry waste polluted natural resources in Eastern Oklahoma. Our attorneys are also litigating on behalf of individuals and businesses along the Gulf Coast suffering as a result of the BP oil spill. 

Motley Rice is reviewing potential radiation contamination cases along with co-counsel John T. Milburn Rogers (TN) of Tennessee-based firm Rogers, Laughlin, Nunnally, Hood & Crum, P.C. and Marc J. Bern (NY, WI) of New York-based Napoli Bern Ripka & Associates LLP.