[net-gold] DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS : RIVERS : WATER : UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINIA : WATER POLUTION : ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION : ENERGY : HEALTH: ISSUES : BUSINESS: COMPANINES: NAMED COMPANIES: FREEDOM INDUSTRIES: West Virginia Is Leaking Lawsuits, Too
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- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:56:57 -0500 (EST)
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DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS :
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West Virginia Is Leaking Lawsuits, Too
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West Virginia Is Leaking Lawsuits, Too
By Paul M. Barrett
January 14, 2014
Bloomberg
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-14/lawyers-aim-bigger-
than-freedom-industries-in-west-virginia-chemical-spill
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/kgkc5ml
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Were looking at punitive damages, piercing the corporate veil at Freedom
Industries, and holding the water company and the chemical manufacturer
liable, too, said James Peterson, the strategy sessions host. Dressed in a
black tracksuit and tan baseball cap, he acknowledged he hadnt showered in
five days. Then he smiled and said, Neither have a lot of other people
around here, and theyre pissed.
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In the Charleston areawhich has a long industrial history and is nicknamed
Chemical Valleyanger over the spill has been accompanied by a race to the
courthouse. Working with two other local firms, Hill Peterson has filed
suit against Freedom on behalf of businesses temporarily shut down by the
water crisis. The suit also names the West Virginia unit of American Water
Works (AWK), the nations largest publicly traded water utility. The sole
intake for its Charleston water system is a mere mile and a half down the
Elk River from Freedoms chemical storage facility.
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At least 19 similar lawsuits are on the local docket. Eventually theyll be
consolidated before a special judicial panel, predicted Anthony Majestro
of Powell & Majestro, one of Hill Petersons co-counsel. When all is said
and done, lost revenue, wages, and other economic harm in Charleston and
surrounding counties will total half a billion dollars, the plaintiffs
lawyers estimated. This thing has disrupted life throughout the region and
reminded us of the recklessness these companies engage in, Peterson said.
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The courtroom offensive will begin by targeting closely held Freedom
Industries, a little-known amalgamation of four smaller chemical suppliers
whose merger was completed less than two weeks before the leak became
public on Jan. 9. Any potential connection between the Dec. 31, 2013,
corporate combination and the tank rupture isnt yet clear.
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In a stumbling first-day press conference, Freedoms president, Gary
Southern, apologized for the mishap, said the company had done the best it
could, and vowed to cooperate with federal and state investigators. He
sipped from a water bottle and complained that it had been an extremely
long day, much to the vocal consternation of reporters, who noted it had
been a longer day for families without water to drink or bathe with. On
Jan. 12, Charles Ryan Associates, a prominent Charleston public-relations
firm, dropped Freedom as a client, refusing to explain why. A woman who
answered the phone at Freedoms corporate office on Jan. 14 said executives
were not available to answer questions. She referred inquiries to a
public-relations firm in Florida, which didnt respond to phone messages.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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