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EnviroTech :: Regulatory

March 3, 2008

Judge Rules Against DuPont in Smelter Case

Michelle Bryner

A West Virginia circuit court judge has upheld a jury decision ordering DuPont to pay $196 million in punitive damages for illegally disposing of hazardous waste at DuPont’s former zinc-smelting plant at Spelter, WV. The ruling brings DuPont’s...

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