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California Supreme Court

Mar. 11, 2009

Toxic Dump Claim Revived by State Justices

The California Supreme Court on Monday sided with state officials in a decades-long battle with insurance companies over who should pay to clean up the Stringfellow Acid Pits, a toxic waste dump that contaminated groundwater in Riverside County.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The California Supreme Court on Monday sided with state officials in a decades-long battle with insurance companies over who should pay to clean up the Stringfellow Acid Pits, a toxic waste dump that contaminated groundwater in Riverside County.

The unanimous ruling could bring the state an additional $12 million in insurance payments and increase coverage for many other environmental pollution disasters. ...

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