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Supreme Court Overrules Legal Immunity Of Chemical Companies Posted by Pile (9325 views) [E-Mail link] [Industry] Yesterday the Supreme Court struck down lower court rulings that favored Dow Chemical and President Bush's contention that many companies (especially those that contribute to Republicans) shouldn't be held responsible if their products harm people or destroy things. Imagine you're a peanut farmer and a big chemical company wants you to try their new "EPA approved" pesticide on your crops. You do so and the stuff kills your plants and ruins your crop, and the chemical company ignores their promise to compensate you, and instead tells you to go screw yourself because they're immune to lawsuits because their hellish product was "EPA approved" (based not on EPA tests, but the manufacturer's own submitted data indicating it was safe). Would you try to seek justice? Well, 29 peanut farmers in Texas did just that and for once, the nation's highest court agreed that they have a right to sue the chemical company for doubly-screwing them over. Details   bgnj Posted by luke on 2005-05-13 13:51:23 gf huihgtsdrfjklkghfdkljkhgjkjhyghgfdh'[oitrtyum dfjii 1 Article displayed.

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