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Asbestos jury: Mining company not guilty

Posted By Tom Jackson On May 8, 2009 @ 4:13 pm In Construction News | No Comments

This is certainly a big win for the W.R. Grace ^[1]Company, which was accused of knowingly poisoning the residents of a small Montana town. But whether it was just an incompetent prosecution (a la O. J. Simpson) or a legitimate precedent for the mining industry–well the lawyering could go on for years.

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[1] big win for the W.R. Grace : http://volokh.com/posts/1241808864.shtml

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