Kerrmcgees business all over this country left significant, lasting environmental damage, said deputy u. Kerrmcgee corporation the encyclopedia of oklahoma. After years of back and forth, the lawsuit was eventually settled but kerr mcgee never admitted any wrongdoing. The lawsuit says kerrmcgee fouled 2,772 sites during seven decades of producing chemicals, fertilizer and plutonium pellets. Lawsuits hit canadians accused of illegal downloading, uploading. Since then, her story has achieved worldwide fame as the subject of many books, magazine and newspaper articles, and even a major. More than 25,000 people from avoca and other parts of the country have filed claims seeking compensation for health problems allegedly caused by contamination at former kerr mcgee corp. Upon senator kerrs death in 1963, mcgee became chair of the board, a position he held until 1983. Tronox worldwide llc, which is the successor to kerrmcgee corporation, formed in 1929 and sometimes called hereafter old kerr mcgee. A claim has been made on the persons named below on their behalf against kerrmcgee tronox. Tanks used in the process to remove perchlorate from shallow aquifers around the las vegas wash and the former kerrmcgee chemical. Kerrmcgees most notable technological innovations were in the area of offshore drilling platforms.
Kerrmcgee, led by attorney daniel sheehan and other founding members of the christic institute. In real life, her death was vindicated in a victorious 1979 lawsuit, silkwood v. Lawyer says anadarko spinoff an environmental ploy work. About 3400 canadians are facing legal actions in federal court launched by a prestigious toronto law firm on behalf of u. The amended complaint the complaint was initially filed by three of the debtors.
This was the vault where they kept the plutonium, said tom stewart, opening a. Anadarko is the company that purchased kerr mcgee corporation kerr mcgee. After being out of print on dvd in the united states, the film was released on. Creating further negative publicity for the embattled company, kerrmcgees nuclearfuel processing plant in gore, oklahoma, was cited by the nuclear regulatory. Karen silkwood was hired to work for the powerful kerr mcgee cimarron fuel fabrication site plant in crescent, oklahoma in 1972, where she made plutonium pellets for nuclear reactor fuel rods. A class action lawsuit has been filed against the kerr mcgee corp. Karen silkwood died on november, 1974 in a fatal onecar crash. Her activism and november 1974 death were the subject of the 1983 film silkwood.
Tronox incorporated, a holding company created in 2005 to hold the stock of the other members of the group. The company was created through a spinoff from kerrmcgee corporation. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Below, are names regarding the kerrmcgee \tronox class action lawsuit. In 1947 mcgee led the company in establishing the first commercial offshore oil well. Karen silkwoods story is similar, but the big difference is that erin brockovichs story had a happy ending and karen silkwoods didnt. Posted on the black information highway and the midsouth tribune online. How do we get back into the kerrmcgee class action suit. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The lawsuit was based on the fact that plutonium was found in her system, not.
Kerrmcgee and tronox list of names in class action. The settlement addressed violations discovered at several of kerrmcgees natural gas compressor. The kerrmcgee corporation, founded in 1929, was an american energy company involved in. Karens father, bill silkwood, sued kerrmcgee for negligence. In real life, her death gave rise to a 1979 lawsuit, silkwood v. Essentially, the lawsuit alleges that before anadarko bought kerr mcgee, kerr mcgee created tronox for the purpose of freeing.
The anadarko litigation is a lawsuit that tronox brought against anadarko petroleum corporation anadarko and others. Karen silkwood, a worker at the kerrmcgee cimarron fuel fabrication site near. The suit alleges that the release of hazardous chemicals from the defendants wood and fabric treatment plants caused lifethreatening health ailments such as skin, liver and lung cancer, asthma, leukemia, myeloma and. Silkwood is a 1983 american biographical drama film directed by mike nichols and starring. Karen gay silkwood february 19, 1946 november, 1974 was an american chemical technician and labor union activist known for raising concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility she worked at the kerr mcgee cimarron fuel fabrication site in oklahoma, making plutonium pellets, and became the first woman on the unions negotiating team.
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