After listening to four months of testimony, a San Francisco jury on Tuesday ordered Vulcan Materials and Dow Chemical Co. to pay $100 million and $75 million in punitive damages, respectively, for not warning Modesto, Calif., about the potentially harmful effects their dry-cleaning products could have on residents. The chemicals, believed to cause cancer, were found in the city's drinking water. An attorney for the city said Wednesday his client intends to go after more companies in the near future.
June 15, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Attorneys who won a $175 million verdict this week against two chemical companies charged with polluting Modesto, Calif.’s drinking water say they are just getting started.
A. Curtis Sawyer Jr., a Sacramento-based attorney whose firm is representing the city of Modesto, said Wednesday his client intends to go after a lot more companies in the near future, and he hinted that they may want to consider an out-of-court settlement in future litigation.
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