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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTwo former Freedom Industries executives have agreed to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from a chemical spill that tainted tap water for 300,000 people.
Under the proposed settlement, former Freedom President Gary Southern would pay $350,000 and former executive Dennis Farrell would pay $50,000.
A motion filed Wednesday by the plaintiffs asks the U.S. District Court in Charleston to give preliminary approval to the settlement and schedule a hearing on final approval. The plaintiffs are residents and businesses affected by the January 2014 spill of coal-cleaning chemicals from a Freedom site in Charleston.
Southern and Farrell awaiting sentencing on federal pollution charges. They are among several defendants named in the lawsuit.
Freedom filed for bankruptcy following the spill. A federal bankruptcy judge approved a liquidation plan in October.