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Litigation

Jan. 8, 2011

Fishermen Settle With Cosco Busan

A group of Bay Area commercial fishermen stand to receive $3.86 million as part of a proposed settlement reached in connection with the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill disaster.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A group of Bay Area commercial fishermen stand to receive $3.65 million as part of a settlement reached in connection with the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill disaster.


In December, commercial herring, halibut and other finfish [nonshellfish species] fishermen reached a settlement in San Francisco Superior Court in their class action case against the owners and operators of the Cosco Busan...

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