Massachusetts Federal Judge Explains RCRA Suit Dismissal Nearly 2 Years After Ruling

( August 19, 2026, 12:37 PM EDT) -- WORCESTER, Mass. — Nearly two years after granting a consumer healthcare products manufacturer’s motion to dismiss Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and state statutory and tort law claims brought by a group of residents over contaminated groundwater, a Massachusetts federal judge issued a memorandum and order explaining the decision on the RCRA claims, with reference to a case decided during the delay, while modifying the decision on the state law claims to dismiss them without prejudice....