{"id":25582,"date":"2013-04-11T20:56:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=25582"},"modified":"2013-04-12T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:08:05","slug":"wind-turbine-syndrome-triggers-doomed-lawsuit-by-17-families-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2013\/wind-turbine-syndrome-triggers-doomed-lawsuit-by-17-families-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Syndrome triggers (doomed) lawsuit by 17 families (Michigan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Editor’s note<\/em>: \u00a0Unfortunately the pending lawsuit, described below, will likely go nowhere. \u00a0Wrong law firm. \u00a0Wrong court. \u00a0Though, mostly,\u00a0wrong tactic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n—John S. Hausman, www.mlive.com<\/a> (4\/8\/13)<\/p>\n

LUDINGTON, MI \u2013 Seventeen neighbors of the Lake Winds Energy Park wind farm south of Ludington have sued Consumers Energy Co., alleging that noise, vibrations and flickering lights from its 56 towering turbines are causing sleeplessness, headaches, dizziness and other physical symptoms as well as economic loss.<\/p>\n

The neighbors filed their lawsuit<\/a> April 1 in Mason County Circuit Court. They seek monetary damages in excess of $25,000 and a court order for Consumers to \u201ccease and desist in their activities\u201d and to \u201cabate the intrusions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consumers Energy declined to comment on the case on Monday. But the company will issue a statement in response to the lawsuit Tuesday morning, spokesman Dan Bishop said Monday.<\/p>\n

The neighbors\u2019 lawyer, Craig W. Horn of Saginaw, declined to comment on the case Monday.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, the neighbors allege that throughout the project\u2019s testing period and immediately after it began operation last November, they noticed the following \u201cintrusions\u201d on their properties and homes:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Frequent, \u201chighly disturbing\u201d noise from the turbines.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Vibrations or a pulsing sensation as the blades pass by the pedestal.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A flicker\/strobe effect inside their homes when sunlight passes through the blades.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Glare when sunlight shines on the turbines.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Numberous flashing red lights reflecting off the rotating blades that \u201coverwhelm the night sky\u201d and are visible inside their homes.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit alleges the neighbors, all of whom say they own property and live in homes within a half-mile of some of the turbines, have suffered \u201csome and\/or all\u201d of the following physical conditions, which they attribute to the wind farm:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Inability to sleep and repeated awakening.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Headaches and pressure.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ringing and aching in the ears.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dizziness.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stress and tension.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Extreme fatigue.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reduced ability to concentrate.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nausea.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims the plaintiffs will continue to suffer harm, including physical injury, emotional distress and loss of property value if they continue to be exposed to the wind farm\u2019s operation.<\/p>\n

The $250 million Lake Winds Energy Park development in Mason County\u2019s Riverton and Summit townships, between Ludington and Pentwater, generates 100.8 megawatts of electricity. Its Vestas turbines are 312 feet high at the hub, with rotor blades having a 328-foot diameter.<\/p>\n

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Editor’s note: \u00a0Unfortunately the pending lawsuit, described below, will likely go nowhere. \u00a0Wrong law firm. \u00a0Wrong court. \u00a0Though, mostly,\u00a0wrong tactic. . —John S. Hausman, www.mlive.com (4\/8\/13) LUDINGTON, MI \u2013 Seventeen neighbors of the Lake Winds Energy Park wind farm south of Ludington have sued Consumers Energy Co., alleging that noise, vibrations and flickering lights from its 56 towering turbines are causing sleeplessness, headaches, dizziness and other physical symptoms as well as economic loss. The neighbors filed their lawsuit April 1 in Mason County Circuit Court. They seek monetary damages in excess of $25,000 and a court order for Consumers to \u201ccease and desist in their activities\u201d and to \u201cabate the intrusions.\u201d Consumers Energy declined to comment on the case on Monday. But the company will issue a statement in response to the lawsuit Tuesday morning, spokesman Dan Bishop said Monday. The neighbors\u2019 lawyer, Craig W. Horn of Saginaw, declined to comment on the case Monday. According to the complaint, the neighbors allege that throughout the project\u2019s testing period and immediately after it began operation last November, they noticed the following \u201cintrusions\u201d on their properties and homes: \u2022 Frequent, \u201chighly disturbing\u201d noise from the turbines. \u2022 Vibrations or a pulsing sensation as the blades pass by the pedestal. \u2022 A flicker\/strobe effect inside their homes when sunlight passes through the blades. \u2022 Glare when sunlight shines on the turbines. \u2022 Numberous flashing red lights reflecting off the rotating blades that \u201coverwhelm the night sky\u201d and are visible inside their homes. The lawsuit alleges the neighbors, all of whom say they own property and live in homes within a half-mile of some of the turbines, have suffered \u201csome and\/or all\u201d of the following physical conditions, which they attribute to the wind farm: \u2022 Inability to sleep and repeated awakening. \u2022 Headaches andRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157,166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}