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Torts/Personal Injury

Apr. 17, 2026

Tenants join Prologis in bid to pause toxic tort cases after odor verdict

Tenant defendants joined Prologis' effort to pause dozens of related lawsuits after an $8.8 million verdict, as courts weigh whether the trial should shape thousands of pending odor event claims.

Tenant defendants joined Prologis Inc.'s push to halt dozens of related toxic tort lawsuits following an $8.8 million jury verdict over a Carson warehouse fire and resulting odor event that blanketed surrounding communities.

A joinder filed Wednesday sharpens a post-trial dispute over whether the case should serve as a bellwether for thousands of similar claims brought by residents and others in over 70 related actions.

This follows a three-month trial that ended in ...

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