Dozens of landowners along the Ogeechee River have settled with textile processor King America Finishing in civil suits that alleged illegal discharge of toxic chemicals from the textile processor’s Screven County plant damaged their property.
The settlements were announced in Bulloch County Superior Court in a status conference Friday, with more than 60 cases expected to be dismissed. The financial terms of the settlements are sealed.
About 60 other cases against King America Finishing were settled through mediation in December under terms that are also sealed.
Bulloch County Superior Court Judge John R. Turner had consolidated the most recently settled cases — and four others that were not settled — in April.
“We are so pleased that we have been able to resolve this dispute with so many of our neighbors,” said King America’s President Mike Beasley in a press release. “We expect to be neighbors for a long time, and we needed to find a way to peacefully share the same community.”
via More Ogeechee River fish kill suits settled | savannahnow.com.
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