In December, the borough of Throop, Pa. settled a lawsuit against Gould Electronics Inc. over expenses related to contamination of the Marjol Battery industrial site. Gould agreed to pay $400,000. A big victory for the town? Well, it might have been, except that its lawyers had charged $800,000 to handle the case as well as other site-related work. (Jeremy R. Cooke, “Lawyer fees outweigh Marjol settlement”, Scranton Times Tribune, Jun. 24)
Losing by winning in a cleanup suit
In December, the borough of Throop, Pa. settled a lawsuit against Gould Electronics Inc. over expenses related to contamination of the Marjol Battery industrial site. Gould agreed to pay $400,000. A big victory for the town? Well, it might have been, except that its lawyers had charged $800,000 to handle the case as well as […]
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