Judge: Company In Contempt For Violating Remediation Deal About Chemical Exposure

Mealey's (July 14, 2020, 10:43 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in Missouri on July 14 ordered a company to show cause as to why it should not be held in contempt for violating a consent judgment to remediate and vacate a property contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE), ruling that the company has failed to show that its purported inability to comply with the judgment “is not self-induced or that they have in good faith made all reasonable efforts to comply” (Spectrum Brands Inc. v. Compton’s LLC, No. 16-30, E.D. Mo., 202 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131499)....