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$175M Judgment in Legal Limbo: Judge to Rule By Aug. 21 in Dry-Cleaning Pollution Case Involving Three Firms

By Michael G. Mooney, The Modesto Bee, Calif. June 16, 2006. A San Francisco jury awarded Modesto more than $175 million in punitive damages after ruling three chemical companies "acted with malice" because they were aware of the potentially harmful effects of dry cleaning solvents they manufacture.

Those solvents, which contaminated the city's drinking water, contain perchloroethylene, also known as PCE, and-or trichloroethylene, or TCE.

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