Mealey's ( December 15, 2025, 8:09 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California has ruled that a class of residents presented substantial evidence that groundwater contamination from volatile organic compounds(VOCs) stemming from circuit board production and other chemical processes has migrated through the soil and onto their property, raising a genuine dispute as to whether there has been physical damage, and, therefore, that the defendants are not entitled to summary judgment on the claims raised by the class....