Two Swepsonville residents have filed a lawsuit in Alamance County superior court against Alamance County, two municipalities, and six private companies, seeking potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for allegedly disposing of known contaminants that subsequently leached into the groundwater, well water, and soil at their homes.
The plaintiffs currently and previously owned businesses in Graham. Todd Dean, of 3708 Swepsonville- Saxapahaw Road in Graham, owns Dean’s Trucking in Graham. Steve Wall, of 3538 Swepsonville- Saxapahaw Road in Graham, is the former owner of Steve’s Garden Market in Graham.
Wall and Dean filed their suit late last month against the county, the city of Burlington, and the city of Graham, as well as six companies, three of which currently operate manufacturing plants in Alamance County…