[CPEO-BIF] "IBM will settle Endicott [New York] toxic spill suit"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

IBM will settle Endicott toxic spill suit

by Jeff Platsky
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
February 11, 2015

IBM Corp. will settle a lawsuit brought by 1,000 plaintiffs who alleged that toxic spills from the company's former Endicott manufacturing plant caused illnesses and deaths, damaged property values and hurt businesses.

Both sides announced the settlement Tuesday night without revealing details of the agreement.

"IBM and the plaintiffs' counsel have reached this agreement in an effort to resolve these cases without further burdensome and expensive litigation," said the joint statement from the litigants.

The settlement brings to a close a more-than six-year saga in which IBM and those who claim they were harmed by the toxic releases waged a fierce legal battle on monetary rewards. Affected residents, in a multimillion-dollar liability lawsuit against IBM, claimed the company should pay for the damage caused to residents around what once was the company's main domestic manufacturing facility.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2015/02/10/ibm-settles-plume-case/23206997/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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