Second Amended Lead Cable Complaint vs. Verizon to Name Additional Plaintiff

Plaintiff Greg Bostard and defendant Verizon agree on a March 19 deadline for Bostard’s filing of a second amended complaint “solely for the purpose of adding an additional plaintiff and the specific allegations identifying that new plaintiff,” said their proposed briefing schedule Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-08564) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark. April 18 is the parties’ proposed deadline for Verizon’s filing of a motion to dismiss the second amended complaint, it said. Bostard is a former Comcast utility pole worker who wants Verizon to pay for his medical monitoring due to his 29 years of exposure to Verizon’s toxic lead cables (see 2308240005). His first amended complaint Jan. 12 asserted that he’s not seeking personal injury damages but rather relief for the “present economic injury” he suffers by having to pay for his own lead-poisoning tests (see 2401160001).