Continental Carbon Press Releases

Continental Carbon Press Releases

 


Continental Carbon requesting hearingContinental Carbon versus Action Marine - June 2007
Continental Carbon Company will pay the $17.5 million punitive damage judgment to the four plaintiffs in accordance with the jury award rendered in August 2004.

HOUSTON (June. 27, 2007) – Continental Carbon Company is disappointed that the U. S. Supreme Court decided earlier today not to hear our appeal in the Continental Carbon Company versus Action Marine case that our company submitted to the Court in August 2007. As a result of this ruling, Continental Carbon Company will pay the $17.5 million punitive damage judgment to the four plaintiffs in accordance with the jury award rendered in August 2004.
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Continental Carbon requesting hearingContinental Carbon requesting rehearing - April 2007
$17.5 million punitive award inconsistent with awards in other cases

HOUSTON (Apr. 10, 2007) – Continental Carbon Company announced today that it is filing a petition for rehearing of last month’s decision of the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit affirming a $20.7 million judgment in favor of four plaintiffs for surface staining allegedly caused by emissions from the company’s Phenix City, AL carbon black production facility. Included in the award is $17.5 million in punitive damages, an amount that is more than
nine times the compensatory damages..Continental Carbon requesting hearingClick here to READ MORE

Continental Carbon requesting hearingContinental Carbon denounces speculative publicity - April 2007
Junk science and half-truths mislead public on environmental issue

PONCA CITY, OKLA. (Apr. 19, 2007) – Continental Carbon Company today spoke out about a recent series of inaccurate or unproven allegations associated with a recently filed lawsuit that appear to be prompted by an attorney involved in a separate action against the company. Continental Carbon requesting hearingClick here to READ MORE.


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