Court Approves $22.5 Million Settlement in Precision Castparts Air Pollution Lawsuit
“Precision Castparts Corp. has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over air pollution coming from its metal parts manufacturing facility in Southeast Portland. Last week, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge gave preliminary approval to the settlement, which stems from,” reports Cassandra Profita in OPB.
“The settlement includes $7.7 million the company already spent on air pollution controls to reduce the amount of nickel and other pollutants being released from Precision Castparts’ operations. The company has also spent more than $300,000 on air monitoring equipment to test for pollution in the surrounding neighborhood and will be.”
