DuPont.

A $343 million settlement has been reached and is pending approval in the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of up to 60,000 residents in the area around the company's Washington Works plant on the Ohio River near Parkersburg, West Virginia. The suit alleges that the company has contaminated drinking water supplies with C8, a key ingredient of its Teflon product. (Sep-09-04) [BRADENTON] [EMAIL LAW FIRM]