Lawyers Argue For and Against Unsealing Freedom Spill Docs

A federal judge is giving lawyers more time to look over records on last year’s chemical leak. Attorneys for Kanawha Valley residents, West Virginia American Water Co. and Eastman Chemical Co. will meet again Friday to discuss a possible deal that could unseal records in the class-action lawsuit that’s pending. One set of records was filed by West Virginia American and one was filed by the residents. The Charleston Gazette-Mail says the records deal with a previous water company intake upstream near the present site of Coonskin Park, and the other records deal with Eastman’s actions regarding MCHM and its sale of the chemical to Freedom Industries. Work continues this week to iron out a deal, and we’ll know more at Friday’s hearing.