Litigation
Jun. 15, 2006
Chemical Firms Face $175 Million in Punitives
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court jury, in what could be an unprecedented verdict, Tuesday said two chemical companies should pay $175 million in punitive damages for their role in polluting a Central Valley town's water supplies with a widely used dry cleaning chemical.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court jury, in what could be an unprecedented verdict, Tuesday said two chemical companies should pay $175 million in punitive damages for their role in polluting a Central Valley town's water supplies with a widely used dry cleaning chemical.
The divided jury also assessed a $75,000 a...
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