Legal Opinion
Henley v. FMC Corp.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided June 25, 2002No. CIV.A. 2:95-1098PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT
HADEN, Chief Judge.
Pending are (1) Plaintiffs’ motions (a) for preliminary approval of settlement, and (b) for orders implementing the distribution process; and (2) Defendant’s motion for enlargement of time in which to submit its memorandum supporting the motion for preliminary , approval. The Court GRANTS the. motions.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On December 5, 1995 Defendant FMC Corporation’s chloride unit ruptured at its Nitro, West Virginia plant and released a hazardous cloud. The rupture was caused in part by failures in…
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