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$700 million settlement reached in Alabama PCB case

August 20, 2003

BIRMINGHAM – Solutia, Inc. and Monsanto, Co. have agreed to pay $700 million to settle claims by more than 20,000 Anniston residents over PCB contamination,…

Whirlpool Ordered to Pay $581 Million in Major Alabama Consumer Fraud Case*

May 20, 1999

A jury has ordered Whirlpool Financial National Bank to pay $581 million in damages after it was found liable in a widespread satellite dish financing…

Whirlpool Preying on the Poor

April 7, 1999

Whirlpool paid $580 million in punitive damages making it if not the biggest settlement in US history, one of the biggest. The story is indicative…

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