January 30, 2019
A Colorado federal judge has ordered class counsel who secured a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. over nuclear waste pollution to hand over $7 million in fees to the firm of disbarred attorney Stanley Chesley, after a settlement in another case stipulated those fees be paid to a firm escrow agent.
May 19, 2017
By continuing to press their case against two industrial giants and the federal government in a dispute marked by "scorched earth" tactics, Berger & Montague PC attorneys showed the value of persistence, finally securing a $375 million settlement related to allegations of contamination from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant after 27 years of litigation.
April 28, 2017
Counsel for the Colorado residents who achieved a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and a Boeing-owned former Rockwell subsidiary over nuclear waste pollution secured $150 million in attorneys' fees Friday when a federal judge signed off on the bid.
March 31, 2017
A class of residents asked a Colorado federal court on Thursday to approve a settlement agreement in which it would be entitled to $375 million from Dow Chemical Co. and a Boeing Co. unit over claims of exposure to nuclear waste, arguing that the terms were fair and should be the final word in a quarter-century legal odyssey.
February 24, 2017
A member of a class of residents who reached a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and a Boeing Co. unit over exposure to nuclear waste on Thursday said the class's attorneys don't deserve the $150 million in fees they've asked for.
February 14, 2017
An "alarmed" federal judge overseeing a $375 million settlement between Colorado residents and Dow Chemical Co. and a unit of Boeing Co. over alleged nuclear pollution said Tuesday class members have been improperly solicited to file claims through a third-party company and instituted preventative measures.
January 13, 2017
Attorneys for a class of residents who reached a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and a former Rockwell subsidiary owned by Boeing Co. over exposure to nuclear waste in a 27-year-old class action asked for $150 million in fees in Colorado federal court on Thursday.
May 19, 2016
The Dow Chemical Co. and a former Rockwell subsidiary now owned by The Boeing Co. on Wednesday agreed to pay $375 million to settle a 26-year-old nuclear pollution lawsuit filed by a class of Colorado residents who claimed injuries from exposure to waste from a nuclear weapons facility.