September 09, 2021
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.
May 17, 2018
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.
June 10, 2015
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.
June 02, 2015
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.