Spelter Smelter Area ReportHeavy Metal Contamination and Zinc Smelting in the Spelter, West Virginia AreaCourt Orders Class Status in Spelter W.V. (September 14, 2006) In the property damage and medical monitoring class action lawsuit of Perrine, et al. v. E.I. Dupont, et al., the West Virginia trial court has ordered that the case may proceed as a class action. Class Action certification is an important step toward bringing the Plaintiffs' contamination-related claims to trial. Plaintiffs' counsel has until October 14, 2006 to provide the Court with a geographical map of the properties included in the class and to provide other information needed by the Court to notify class members. The Order may be appealed by the Defendants, but Plaintiffs' Counsel expect litigation in the trial court to continue forward. Spelter Smelter News:DuPont Is Ordered to Pay $196.2 Million in Smelter CaseWall Street Journal - Oct 19, 2007 DuPont was found guilty of wanton, willful and reckless conduct and ordered to pay $196.2 million in punitive damages in the final phase of a complex trial ... DuPont penalized $196.2 million for W.Va. pollution USA Today - Oct 19, 2007 Monday, the jury ordered the company to pay $55.5 million to clean up hazardous wastes around the site in Spelter. Last week the jury ordered the company to ... DuPont punitive phase begins Times-West Virginian, WV - Oct 17, 2007 Drawing on e-mails between DuPont attorneys and their friends, relatives, engineers and lobbyists, Papantonio portrayed the chemical giant as dishonest and ... DuPont Must Pay $55 Million for Cleanup of Waste Site (Update2) Bloomberg - October 15, 2007 ... over renegade corporations,'' plaintiffs' lawyer Mike Papantonio said, referring to allowing juries to use state law to address environmental damage. ... DuPont ordered to provide medical monitoring in Harrison County West Virginia Record, WV - Oct 11, 2007 DuPont must finance the medical monitoring for the next 40 years, attorney Mike Papantonio said. Papantonio is representing the class. ... DuPont Found Negligent In Waste-Site Lawsuit Wall Street Journal - Oct 1, 2007 "I think it's a victory for all West Virginians considering the issues that were tried," said Mike Papantonio, lead attorney for the plaintiffs. ... First phase of DuPont trial ending BusinessWeek - Sep 28, 2007 Papantonio suggested conflicts of interest and accused state environmental regulators of complicity in the pollution at Spelter, noting that in some cases, ... Spelter Smelter Class Action Lawsuit Back in Court CLARKSBURG - Feb 22, 2007 Spelter Smelter Class Action Lawsuit Back in Court. Watch Story Video ... hearing for the Spelter Smelter class action lawsuit Thursday afternoon in ... To save a file to your hard drive, right click the link and select "Save Target As". George C. Flowers, Ph.D.
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