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Environmental

Jan. 19, 2007

Liability Ruling Opens New Route to Recovery for Pollution

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge's recent decision could boost the fortunes of some cities trying to find deep pockets to pay for cleaning up polluted neighborhoods.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge's recent decision could boost the fortunes of some cities trying to find deep pockets to pay for cleaning up polluted neighborhoods.
      Superior Court Judge John E. Munter, in a tentative ruling, indicated he would hold several chemical companies as well as a local dry cleaner responsible for the potentially mu...

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