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City of Pomona v. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA et al

  1. September 09, 2021

    Jury Awards Calif. City $48M After Tainted-Water Trial

    After a decade in court, three trips to the Ninth Circuit, and two previous trials ending without damages, a California federal jury found that mining company SQM's North American unit owes the city of Pomona $48 million in a suit over groundwater contaminated by perchlorate allegedly originating from SQM fertilizer.

  2. May 17, 2018

    SQM Again Beats Calif. City's $30M Tainted Water Suit At Trial

    A California federal jury on Thursday rejected the city of Pomona's claim that mining company SQM's North American unit owes it $30 million to remedy groundwater contaminated by perchlorate allegedly originating from SQM fertilizer, handing SQM a second victory after the Ninth Circuit vacated a prior trial win.

  3. June 10, 2015

    SQM Defeats Calif. City's $31M Water Pollution Suit At Trial

    A California federal jury on Wednesday rejected the city of Pomona’s claim that mining company SQM North America Corp. owes it $31 million to cure perchlorate contamination in its municipal water supply.

  4. June 02, 2015

    SQM Owes Calif. City $31M Over Tainted Water, Jury Told

    The city of Pomona on Tuesday told eight California federal jurors that mining company SQM North America Corp. must pay $31 million to cure perchlorate contamination in the city's water supply, saying during opening statements that SQM-imported fertilizer left a chemical "fingerprint" on the contamination.