Freedom Industries takes “freedom from accountability” route
January 17th, 2014
Freedom Industries, has filed bankruptcy. Yes, it’s the same Freedom Industries which contaminated water in the Elk River, in West Virginia, and now all that contamination is drifting downriver to Ohio, making water unusable for how many hundreds of thousands of people, animals and plants for how long? And it’s not over yet, not by a long shot.
Bankruptcy? How dare they. It’s time for them to go to jail. NOW!
Freedom Industries Files Bankruptcy After Elk River Spill
Freedom Industries files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; lawsuits against company on pause
Some of the gory details in the West Virginia Gazette:
Freedom Industries files for bankruptcy
Under the bankruptcy code, Chapter 11 permits a company to reorganize and continue operating. Chemstream Holdings Inc. is the sole owner of Freedom Industries, according to the filing. Gary Southern, who is identified as Freedom’s president, signs all of the bankruptcy documents.Mark Freedlander of McGuireWoods LLP in Pittsburgh is representing Southern. Documents in the filing allege that a water line break adjacent to the Barlow Drive facility may have contributed to the ground beneath a storage tank to freeze during frigid temperatures in the days immediately preceding the incident.
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