Ametek to Pay $3.5 Million to Resolve El Cajon Groundwater Suit

Ametek Inc. will pay $3.5 million to resolve a class action in federal court claiming a California manufacturing facility contaminated local groundwater with waste chemicals, exposing residents of nearby mobile home parks to dangerous levels of TCE.

The settlement is intended to fund medical care and home testing and remediation related to the trichloreoethylene exposure, according to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California order granting final approval of the settlement Tuesday.

Each of the roughly 7,000 class members will be entitled to one consultation with a physician to screen for medical conditions associated with exposure ...