Companies To Pay $1M Each For Negligence Related To Chemical Plume Injuries

Mealey's (May 29, 2020, 11:55 AM EDT) -- TOPEKA, Kan. — At a May 27 sentencing hearing in Kansas federal court, two chemical companies agreed to pay $1 million each for releasing a cloud of toxic chlorine gas that injured six people during a delivery of chemicals at a plant operated by Midwest Grain Products Inc. (MGP) in Atchison, Kan. (United States v. Midwest Grain Products Inc., et al., No. 19-CR-40021, D. Kan.)....