U.S. Steel Class Action
On Christmas Eve of 2018, a catastrophic fire knocked out the pollution controls at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Plant. U.S. Steel continued production for months—even though it had no way to clean the sulfur out of its coke gas emissions.
Air pollution spiked in the Mon Valley, the Allegheny County Health Department warned residents to limit time outdoors, and the Plant’s neighbors suffered the impacts: houses were shuttered, windows kept closed, and residents experienced offensive odor, burning eyes, nose, and throat, difficulty breathing, headaches, and nausea.
Now the neighbors are fighting back in a class action lawsuit called Hernandez v. U.S. Steel.
If you lived in the Mon Valley on or after December 24, 2018, you may be a member of the Hernandez class.
You Can Help
Every Mon Valley resident has a story about the pollution that year. Every story makes a difference.
If you lived in the class area at the time of the fire, we’d like to hear your story and, as class members’ counsel, can explain what the class action can do for you. Please call or text us at (412) 545-3473, email us at US.Steel.ClassAction@lawmbg.com, or fill out the “Contact Us” form below.
Our Team
Our litigation team has decades of class action and complex litigation experience and combines lawyers from Miner, Barnhill & Galland, as lead counsel, and Feinstein, Doyle, Payne & Kravec of Pittsburgh, PA.
The Miner Barnhill side of the team has recovered billions for clients in complex class actions and public representations. Just last year, the team led Freeman v. Grain Processing Corporation, a years-long pollution class action in Iowa, to a $51.5 million settlement. The team also represented the Sierra Club in a case that recovered hundreds of millions in court-ordered pollution controls.
The Feinstein Doyle side of the team adds deep knowledge of the Mon Valley and Pennsylvania law practice, has decades of experience litigating class actions in Pittsburgh and nationwide, and has also recovered billions for clients in complex class actions.
Sarah Siskind
Miner, Barnhill & Galland
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Miner, Barnhill & Galland
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David Baltmanis
Miner, Barnhill & Galland
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Matthew Owens
Miner, Barnhill & Galland
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Joseph Kravec, Jr.
Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec
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James Pietz
Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec
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Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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