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Hicks Thomas LLP Obtains Defense Verdict for R.R. Street in California Water Contamination Case
June 7th, 2009
Attorneys from Houston-based Hicks Thomas LLP are announcing a take-nothing defense verdict handed down late yesterday in favor of Naperville, Ill.-based R.R. Street & Co. Inc. in a water contamination lawsuit filed by the City of Modesto, Calif. The City of Modesto sued Street, Midland, Michigan-based Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries and others in 1998 based on claims that the companies failed to warn local dry cleaning businesses about the potential risks of a solvent that allegedly contaminated underground water. The chemical, perchloroethylene (PERC), is widely used in the U.S. dry cleaning industry. Attorneys for the city...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-06-07)
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