$4.1m settlement in case of Gunpowder River pollution.
`Under the settlement, the companies “do not admit any violation of any law or regulation, and expressly deny that they have violated any provision of the State of Maryland’s water pollution control laws.”'
I'm sick of seeing these settlements - they should go to court, set legal precedent and reem these companies out for this. Settlement amounts to buying the right to stink up the place, cheap. I know all the arguments - long, drawn out legal process, expenses, etc, etc - but frankly I don't think a settlement ever results in justice. A trial would give us real accountability and transparency into the how and why the companies decided to do it, and would set legal precedent for the future. I wonder how much profit the developers made off of this - a lot more than $4 million I'll bet.