While the Environmental Protection Agency was at Mosaic examining the giant sinkhole on its property, calls to attorneys who filed the class action lawsuit against the company continued to roll in.

  • Lawsuit calls Mosaic 'negligent'
  • Morgan and Morgan fielding "hundreds of calls"
  • Mosaic to respond to suit through judicial process

The federal class action lawsuit calls Mosaic negligent, because it allowed 215 million gallons of radioactive wastewater to seep into the Floridan aquifer through a 45 foot wide sinkhole on its property.

The lawsuit also calls out the company for waiting three weeks to tell residents.

“We’re here to act on behalf of the people to get a federal judge to oversee this problem. We need judicial oversight,” said John Yanchunis, one of the attorneys at Morgan & Morgan working on the case.  

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The lawsuit’s three plaintiffs are Nicholas Bohn, Natasha McCormick, and Eric Weckman.

McCormick is a realtor who sells homes in the area. She told us over the phone she’s worried about the health of the people and animals in the area, as well as property values.

She said she found the lawyers on Google and asked Bohn to join her in the suit.

Yanchunis said all of the plaintiffs want well monitoring, medical monitoring to make sure there’s no adverse health effects down the line, and money to compensate for the possible decrease in property values.

He went on to say Morgan and Morgan has fielded hundreds of calls, and its staff is trying to sort through where the people live, where they get their water, and how they use it.

“We’re talking about our major water source in this state, the aquifer," said Yanchunis. "There’s millions of people in the Bay area and those people who draw their water from the ground ought to be concerned."

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Resident Margaret Adams lives down the street from the Mosaic plant. Adams is one of 5,000 people who live within five miles of the sinkhole and depends on well water that could be impacted by the leak.

She told us she's pondering giving the lawyers a call herself.

“It’s just a mess. We’re senior citizens. We live on social security. This is all we’ve got. We can’t use our water now. And if they don’t supply it from now on, what?” Adams said.

Mosaic said it is reviewing the details of this lawsuit and it will respond through the judicial process.