[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Rocky Flats (CO) verdict upheld

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

$350 million verdict upheld in Rocky Flats case
Judge tacks on interest in suit by plant's neighbors

By John C. Ensslin
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
May 21, 2008

A federal judge has upheld a jury verdict of $350 million against the 
former operators of the defunct Rocky Flats nuclear plant in a 
class-action lawsuit brought by the plant's neighbors.

Judge John Kane affirmed the February 2006 verdict in a 73-page ruling 
released Tuesday and tacked on 8 percent interest compounded annually 
dating back to the time the suit was filed in January 1990.

A lawyer for the plaintiffs said that works out to more than $900 
million for some 15,000 property owners in the judgment against Dow 
Chemical Co. and Rockwell International Corp.

"We're very pleased to have a ruling from Judge Kane on these issues and 
look forward to an end to this long, long process," said Steven Kelly, a 
lawyer for the property owners.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/may/20/350-million-verdict-upheld-in-flats-case/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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