Rocket manufacturer Aerojet-General Corp. reached a settlement with a group of persons who had sued over ground water contamination by rocket fuel. The plaintiffs had alleged economic damages and illness, and in some cases death, caused by groundwater contamination near the company's headquarters outside Rancho Cordova.
A jury last week had ruled against Aerojet and set damages at more than $14 million. The settlement has been reached before a second phase of the trial, which would have deliberated whether to impose punitive damages on the company.
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