CHESAPEAKE (AP) -- Residents living near the Battlefield Golf Club in Centerville refiled a lawsuit against Dominion Virginia Power Tuesday afternoon, according to the Virginian Pilot.
The lawsuit asks for more than $2 billion for damages related to the toxic fly ash that lies underneath the golf course.
A judge had dismissed an original suit which had claimed the fly ash had harmed the residents health and property.
The judge ruled that the plaintiffs had not provided enough evidence that they had suffered damages from well contaminations
According to the Pilot, Plaintiffs’ attorney Ted Yoakam filed the suit against Dominion Virginia Power, MJM Golf LLC - the golf club’s owners - and two other parties involved in building the golf course.The previous suit had involved more than 453 plaintiffs and had asked for more than $1 billion.
The Pilot report says new evidence filed Tuesday with the complaint shows residential well-water testing with elevated levels of toxins. Previous reports presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city claimed no evidence of contaminants off-site, despite test results, now in the court records, showing water contamination.
