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Defense: Grace played fair with Kootenai Development Corp.

 When the Owens family bought 3,600 acres next door to W.R. Grace’s vermiculite mine in 1994, they got a lot more than just the timber they wanted to harvest. They got veins of asbestos in the ground, regular visits from government agencies and their very own air quality tests.
The Owens family formed the Kootenai Development [...]

Kootenai Development Corp. sold to get rid of property

A juror required a wake-up call from the court this morning, and it’s possible that the prosecution has finally received theirs. Government attorney Kris McLean said that they had considered some defense objections, reshuffled their witness list and would probably wrap up their case by Tuesday.  
Court was delayed for almost an hour because a juror [...]