A study by the New York State Department of Health showed that kidney cancers and congenital heart defects occurred disproportionately in Endicott, IBM's birthplace. The suit claims that IBM should have been aware that the volatile compounds that it had wrongfully discharged would migrate into homes, businesses, schools and churches located above the groundwater plume. 

According to eWEEK, the complaints against IBM include wrongful death, personal injury, property damage, and business and income loss.