Mealey's (December 17, 2020, 1:28 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Dec. 15 approved a groundwater contamination settlement in which companies that deny liability will pay $3.5 million for medical consultations and remediation and mitigation of a toxic plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) (Adam Cox, et al. v. Ametek Inc., et al., No. 17-597, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 235651)....