Newspaper to Pay City $2 Million in Toxics Suit
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A local newspaper has agreed to pay the city $2 million to settle a claim that it added to the toxic chemicals that have fouled the city’s soil and groundwater.
The owners of the Lodi News-Sentinel said that although it would be hard to write the check, they hoped the decision would help the city.
Lodi sued the newspaper and 14 other businesses in federal court in 2000, charging them with polluting the ground with the suspected carcinogen perchloroethylene by either dumping it onto the ground or down sewer drains.
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