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Dry Cleaning Solvents
Modesto, CA: (Oct-13-07) The city of Modesto brought charges against businesses that supplied and used dry cleaning solvents that leaked into groundwater. The suit, filed in 1998, included allegations against Vulcan Materials Co., an Alabama construction materials company.
As part of a settlement reached, Vulcan agreed to pay Modesto $20 million to settle its part of a lawsuit. The settlement removes Vulcan Materials Co. from two parts of the lawsuit. Sources claimed that the settlement concludes the company's portion of the first part of the trial, which resulted in a judge ordering Vulcan to pay $7.25 million in punitive damages for one round of dry cleaning sites. The settlement also means Vulcan will not have to go to trial in January to defend a second round of claims. Vulcan spokespersons claimed that Vulcan no longer produces perchloroethylene, or PCE, one of the dry cleaning chemicals that Modesto and Stanislaus County started identifying in soil and groundwater in the 1980s. The city said that R.R. Street & Co. and Dow Chemical Co., are part of the second trial as neither of the two has settled yet. [MODESTO BEE: DRY CLEANING SOLVENTS]
Published on Oct-15-07
As part of a settlement reached, Vulcan agreed to pay Modesto $20 million to settle its part of a lawsuit. The settlement removes Vulcan Materials Co. from two parts of the lawsuit. Sources claimed that the settlement concludes the company's portion of the first part of the trial, which resulted in a judge ordering Vulcan to pay $7.25 million in punitive damages for one round of dry cleaning sites. The settlement also means Vulcan will not have to go to trial in January to defend a second round of claims. Vulcan spokespersons claimed that Vulcan no longer produces perchloroethylene, or PCE, one of the dry cleaning chemicals that Modesto and Stanislaus County started identifying in soil and groundwater in the 1980s. The city said that R.R. Street & Co. and Dow Chemical Co., are part of the second trial as neither of the two has settled yet. [MODESTO BEE: DRY CLEANING SOLVENTS]
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