By Associated Press
ANNISTON, Al. — Calhoun County Circuit Judge Debra Jones has issued an order requiring a public accounting of the settlement in a chemical contamination lawsuit.
The Anniston Star reports the order issued Monday also requires an audit of the settlement and a hearing on the reasonableness of the attorney fees.
The Abernathy-Monsanto case, a filed against Monsanto in 1996 alleging that its production of polychlorinated biphenyls polluted the properties near its plant and contaminated the residents, was one of two such cases filed. They were settled jointly in 2003.
Court documents show the settlement awarded $300 million with $275 million to be split immediately. The settlement was questioned, and the court order is a result of the April 27, 2011, hearing presided over by Jones.
The Anniston Star reports the order issued Monday also requires an audit of the settlement and a hearing on the reasonableness of the attorney fees.
The Abernathy-Monsanto case, a filed against Monsanto in 1996 alleging that its production of polychlorinated biphenyls polluted the properties near its plant and contaminated the residents, was one of two such cases filed. They were settled jointly in 2003.
Court documents show the settlement awarded $300 million with $275 million to be split immediately. The settlement was questioned, and the court order is a result of the April 27, 2011, hearing presided over by Jones.
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