CURRENT STATUS
The class action has moved into an important new phase. Membership in the class is now closed. We were able to get the Court to make the State provide names of those persons who reported being sick to the Department of Health. As a result, nearly 1500 additional persons have expressed a desire to join the class raising the potential class membership to upwards of 2500 people. We are now focused on collecting information from the State through depositions of present and former State employees involved with the Spray Park. We have taken several depositions and will continue to do so in the months ahead. The State’s Assistant AG meanwhile, is deposing some of the most seriously injured persons in the class to gain an understanding of what they have been through. As we gain information, we will be consulting with our experts to build the strongest arguments that the State has legal responsibility for this outbreak.
In the near future, all class members will be receiving a questionnaire from us designed to collect essential information about their claims including the nature of the claimed injuries, medical care, expenses, and evidence to support each claim. Prompt and thorough completion of this questionnaire will be most important to our ability to make monetary claims on behalf of class members. We will continue to post updates as they occur.
Cases Of Recreational Water Illnesses On The Rise (CDC Press release)
