West Virginia State University’s lawsuit over alleged contamination on property owned by the historically black university can remain in state court, the Fourth Circuit affirmed Monday in a loss for
WVSU sued after the companies refused to pay for removing groundwater contamination and installing protective barriers on the property. The university is located near a chemical manufacturing plant and wastewater treatment unit in Institute, W. Va. The facility is owned by the Union Carbide Corp., which is a subsidiary of Dow.
Dow, Bayer, and others told the U.S. Court of ...