美國拉瑪波山（Ramapough）的印地安原住民，聯合紐澤西州瑞恩伍德（Ringwood）地區的居民，由委任律師在紐澤西州控告福特汽車公司等公司。原告指稱，設立於紐澤西莫瓦地區的前福特汽車工廠不當傾倒有毒廢料，已造成人民財產損失及身體傷害。
此件由曼恩(Mann)等人控告福特汽車公司等的案件，18日在紐澤西州帕塞克郡高等法院受理。案中指稱被告在幾十年前傾倒幾千噸的顏料污泥及其他毒性物質，現在仍污染當地的土地、空氣和地下水。
原告認為福特等一干被告已犯下疏忽、造假、欺瞞消費者、共謀、非法侵占與傷人等罪，且並未告知居民廢物的危險性以及沒有適當清除廢物。
雖然控訴上包括福特有12名被告，但原告首席辯護律師瑪當那告知ENS記者說，福特應為廢物傾倒負起大部分的責任。
在記者會上，拉瑪波山印地安原住民酋長安東尼說：「許多代以來，居民在這裡都沒有接受公理正義對待，在教育上、在居住上、在工作上、任何事情，或許這次終於可以給他們長久來應得的公理正義。」
Attorneys representing the Ramapough Mountain Tribe and other residents of Ringwood, New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company and other defendants for property damage and personal injuries allegedly caused by the improper disposal of toxic waste from Ford's former Mahwah, New Jersey automobile plant.
The lawsuit, Wayne Mann, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, et al. was filed Wednesday in Superior Court, Passaic County. It alleges that the defendants dumped thousands of tons of paint sludge and other toxic material decades ago that is still contaminating the soil, air and groundwater of the community.
The suit accuses Ford and others of negligence, fraud, consumer fraud, conspiracy, trespass, and battery for allegedly failing to tell residents how dangerous the waste was, and then failing to clean it up properly.
Although 12 defendants are listed on the complaint in addition to Ford, Kevin Madonna, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, told ENS, "Ford is responsible for the majority of the waste at the site."
At the press conference, Chief Anthony Van Dunk of the Ramapough Mountain Indian tribe said, "For generations, there hasn't been justice - in education, housing, employment, anything. Maybe this will finally give them the justice they've deserved for so long."
