A judge on Monday approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging a chemical used in making the nonstick substance Teflon contaminated water supplies near DuPont Co.'s Washington Works plant in West Virginia. Judge George W. Hill called the settlement -- in which DuPont agreed to pay at least $107.6 million -- "a very shrewdly and competently organized proposal and it seems to be a very unprecedented action by a huge corporate defendant."
Font Size: 
Judge OKs 'Unprecedented' Settlement of DuPont Class Action
The Associated Press
March 1, 2005
This article requires premium access
This article requires premium access to Law.com. Please sign in or subscribe to read the full text.
