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ellie

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12. No kidding

Reply to gilligan (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:34 PM

Sep 2017

They probably have an arbitration law on the books; anyone who is affected by a chemical spill needs to go through arbitration with an industry stooge.

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First responders sue Arkema for $1 million following explosions at Crosby plant [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 OP

Hopefully neighbors will all sue for something too. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1

It's a French company, btw. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #16

was some trailers, they could have moved trailers out or used a flat barge for a string of gens Sunlei Sep 2017 #2

They should sue Gregg Abbott/TX repubs as well They_Live Sep 2017 #3

Responding to the West fertilizer plant explosion by allowing the companies to keep secret their Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #13

1 MILLION, that's it ???? vkkv Sep 2017 #4

That's What I Thought Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #10

Those weren't explosions, the company man called them itty bitty "pops". procon Sep 2017 #5

Lawyers will always have jobs benld74 Sep 2017 #6

Whenever I see Arkema, I think Arkham, where all the evil stuff happens in Gotham. (n/t) thesquanderer Sep 2017 #7

*This* ananda Sep 2017 #8

Good luck with that in Texas. gilligan Sep 2017 #9

No kidding ellie Sep 2017 #12

Time to pull the money out, bankrupt the company, sell it to the same owners; open under a new name. NBachers Sep 2017 #11

Do the first responders even know what they were exposed to? True_Blue Sep 2017 #14

Dems in Texas should target Greg Abbott summer_in_TX Sep 2017 #15

So much for that claim of "as harmless as campfire smoke". truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #17