SOUTH DEERING — A lawsuit alleging “noxious odors” emanating from a South Side vegetable oil plant are a nuisance to its neighborhood will move forward as a class-action case, a Cook County judge ruled last week.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Caroline Moreland on Thursday granted plaintiff Oscar Ortega’s request to sue on behalf of his neighbors in his case against Pullman Innovations, 2701 E. 100th St. in South Deering, according to court records.
Ortega sued the company in March 2023, alleging odors from the facility…