[CPEO-BIF] "BM-Endicott settlement may never be revealed, " Endicott, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Experts: IBM-Endicott settlement may never be revealed
A previous IBM attempt to offer a cash settlement was rejected

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


In 2007, IBM said it would settle Endicott residents' claims with a  
$3 million payment, an offer that was dismissed as insufficient to  
compensate victims in a $100 million lawsuit against the Armonk-based  
company.

A breakthrough finally occurred in the past several months.

On Tuesday night, the two sides announced they had come to terms on  
an out-of-court settlement that will bring to a close a toxic tort  
suit that dragged on for six years and produced volumes of legal  
filings.

The announcement gave no details of the settlement. Lawyers bringing  
the suit expect to discuss details with some 1,000 plaintiffs in the  
coming weeks.

Corporate filings by IBM also give no indication of the company's  
potential liability from the Endicott case, saying that personal  
injury and punitive claims are "unspecified."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2015/02/11/endicott- 
residents-receive-settlement/23240355/

--

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org