Continental Carbon Co. Appeals $20.7 Million Verdict

The Continental Carbon Co. filed a petition Wednesday asking the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to rehear its decision in March that upheld a $17.5 million punitive damage award against the Phenix City carbon black plant and its parent company, China Synthetic Rubber Corp.

Court Upholds $20M Verdict in Pollution Case

The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a 2004 jury verdict awarding the city of Columbus, a south Columbus businessman and an Oakland Park resident damages totaling more than $20.7 million from Continental Carbon Co. of Phenix City and its parent company, China Synthetic Rubber Corp.

DuPont sued in Teflon Class Action Case

Two Florida law firms said they had filed class action lawsuits against DuPont Co. , charging the giant chemicals producer hid the potential health hazards of its Teflon nonstick cookware coatings.

Jere Beasley, Johnnie Cochran file massive PCB lawsuit

Jere Beasley of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., and Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. are co-counsel in a massive PCB lawsuit pending in Federal Court in Birmingham, AL. When having learned of a lawsuit been filed by Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia Corp., in Anniston, AL, against a number of companies Mr. Beasley stated:

Monsanto

The national news media is finally zeroing in on the tremendous problems caused by Monsanto Company for literally many thousands of Alabama citizens. For nearly 40 years, whole producing the now-banned industrial coolants known as PCBs in Anniston, Alabama, Monsanto routinely discharged toxic waste …