Rockdale County

GPB's Pamela Kirkland reports.

Most of the plaintiffs are Rockdale County residents, and many cases were filed around a key two-year statute of limitations deadline.

GPB also found at least five deaths are now the subject of wrongful death claims.

The lawsuits name BioLab, parent company Kick Consumer Products, Center Bridge Partners, and other companies as defendants.

The lawsuits were filed in federal court earlier this month, just days before the second anniversary of the chemical fire.

The latest was filed September 22nd by five Rockdale County residents seeking damages for personal injuries and property damage.

A separate proposed class action suit filed September 16th makes similar claims.

Both suits are asking the court to require Biolab and its parent company, as well as private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, to pay for medical monitoring for residents in affected areas.

Conyers, Georgia.

So there weren't a lot of camps and things that came to Atlanta, or came to Rockdale, and so we did what we needed to do.

We got out and got him exposed, and he did the rest.

That's amazing.

We come from a small town in, in, um, um, Atlanta, right outside of Atlanta, Conyers, Georgia.

So there weren't a lot of camps and things that came to Atlanta, or came to Rockdale.

And so we did what we needed to do.

We got out and got him exposed, and he did the rest.

Man, we got a lot to talk about with that then.

Those Rockdale deer, man.

Oh, yeah.

My dad moved down when I was young for work and stuff like that and grew up in Conyers, watched it grow.

So like, has it always been that way or.

I mean, I think so, especially North

Rockdale County.

Yeah.

Live 33 minutes.

i've been live 33 minutes all right well you know what uh this guy here what is this guy i'm gonna end with this this guy here in georgia um May 7th, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied William Corey's bid to construct a truck stop off Interstate 20 in Rockdale County, just outside of Atlanta.

Atlanta needs those truck stops.

Atlanta needs truck stops.

She left the PSC in August.

Now she's been made an executive vice president with a data center company, DC BLOX, which touts her, quote, "deep expertise across utility regulation." Sarah Kennedy is one of many Rockdale County residents fighting a planned DC BLOX hyperscale data center.

What the company sees as Pridemore's strength, Kennedy sees as a threat.

She knows exactly how to lead these companies into a deeper way of exploiting the public.

That was Christian missionary based, obviously doing those missions in Kenya.

And then I got to witness my father doing really good things with that nonprofit, doing great things in Rockdale County, economic development, community enrichment, some affordable housing as well.

Um, uh, and other Christian and mission-based, uh, uh, groups, um, and outreach in, in Rockdale County.

Um, and so that kind of instilled a little something in me.

Um, and, uh, you know, after, um, almost 10 years, trying the corporate and supply chain outfit in a couple of different organizations.