Toxic FEMA Trailer Injury Lawsuits. On November 12, 2007, media outlets reported that the toxic FEMA trailers were emitting far more poisonous formaldehyde than previously thought. According to air quality test conducted by the Sierra Club, as many as 95% of occupied FEMA trailers used by Gulf Coast hurricane victims contained … [Read more...]
Toxic FEMA Trailer Side Effects Could Lead To Respiratory Infection Lawsuits
Toxic FEMA Trailers Get New Life Thanks to BP Oil Spill
Is Toxic FEMA Trailers Making More Life Miserable for Survivors?. Formaldehyde-laced travel trailers, the same trailers that made life even more miserable for survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, have shown up along the Gulf Coast again. This time, they are being used to house people working to clean up the BP oil spill. The … [Read more...]
First Toxic FEMA Trailer Lawsuit Now Underway
Toxic FEMA Trailer Lawsuit Starts. The first trial involving the allegedly toxic trailers the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) distributed to Gulf Coast hurricane victims in 2005 got underway last week in New Orleans. According to the Associated Press, trailer maker Gulf Stream Coach Inc. and government contractor Fluor … [Read more...]
Thousands Stuck in Toxic FEMA Trailers Four Years After Katrina
Some People Still Living In Toxic FEMA Trailers. Four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, some people in the region are still living in toxic trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to a report on CBS News, red tape is largely to blame. At one point, as many 143,000 … [Read more...]
FEMA Too Slow to Respond to Toxic Trailers, Report Says
FEMA To Respond To Toxic Trailers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "did not display a degree of urgency" when responding to reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers used to house victims of hurricanes Rita and Katrina, according to a newly-released report from the Homeland Security Department inspector … [Read more...]
First Toxic FEMA Trailer Lawsuit Scheduled for September Trial
Toxic FEMA Trailer Goes To Trial. The first lawsuit over toxic Hurricane Katrina trailers will go to trial in September. Like scores of others, the lawsuit claims that travel trailers the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supplied as temporary housing to Hurricane Katrina victims exposed residents to dangerous … [Read more...]
Judge Says FEMA Can Be Sued Over Trailers
Lawsuits Against FEMA Is Possible. Although U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt refused to grant class-action status to the hundreds of toxic FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) trailer lawsuits, he did rule the cases must be presented on a case-by-case basis, reported the Washington Post. The judge also rule that FEMA … [Read more...]
