August 08, 2017
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday slapped down a lower court's dismissal of Pomona, California’s $31 million suit claiming that perchlorate-laden fertilizer produced by mining giant SQM North America Corp. contaminated the city’s water, finding the court abused its discretion by limiting testimony by one of the city’s experts.
May 10, 2017
A city in Los Angeles County on Wednesday urged the Ninth Circuit to revive its $31 million suit claiming that perchlorate-laden fertilizer produced by SQM North America Corp. contaminated its water, arguing the mining giant was allowed to "confuse the jury with pure unscientific speculation."