Welcome to the Canoga Park Class Action Website

 This Notice explains important rights you may have. Please read it carefully.

A federal court authorized notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

You are not being sued.

• A class action lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court, Central District of California related to alleged toxic chemicals that migrated underground from 8020 Deering Avenue, Canoga Park, California 91304 (the “Site”). The lawsuit alleges that toxic chemicals used by the alleged legal predecessor(s) of Northrop Grumman Corporation and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (“Defendants”) during manufacturing at the Site were released into the soil and groundwater and have affected properties to the south and west of the Site.

• If you are renting your home or townhome, please immediately give this Notice to your landlord or your property management company.

• On July 1, 2024, the Honorable Hernán D. Vera, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California authorized the lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of all persons who own a single family or townhome within the Class Area as of July 1, 2024, excluding employees of Defendants as well as anyone who purchased a home with disclosure of contamination at their property from the 8020 Deering Avenue Site.

• The Court has not decided whether Defendants did anything wrong, and Plaintiffs must still prove their claims against Defendants. There is no money available now, and no guarantee there will be. However, your legal rights may be affected, and you have a choice to make now.

• The Class includes all persons who owned a single family home or townhome as of July 1, 2024 inside “the Class Area”, but excluding:

1. *anyone who purchased a single family home or townhome with disclosure of contamination at their property from the 8020 Deering Avenue site; and
2. *Defendants’ officers, directors, agents, employees, and members of their immediate families, and the judicial officers to whom this case is assigned, their staff, and the members of their immediate families.

• The area can be narratively defined as:  Designated single-family homes and townhomes east of Canoga Avenue and north of the Los Angeles River to the west of Corbin Avenue and south of Strathern Street, generally.