Garden Grove-area residents who evacuated during May’s toxic chemical emergency may be eligible for compensation if a proposed $125 million settlement wins approval.
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According to NBC Los Angeles, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has resolved its civil case against GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, Inc. and GKN Aerospace, Inc. over the chemical tank emergency, but a judge must still approve the agreement.
Court approval would establish a claims program worth up to $100 million for residents and businesses displaced by the evacuation order, with eligible reimbursements including lodging, loss of use, daily meal allowances, transportation, and lost wages.
The evacuation order lasted five days starting May 21 and applied to roughly 13,000 to 17,000 households. A publicly released map identified affected properties, showing the potential blast radius and the area within the reach of a toxic chemical plume…