A FEDERAL
LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE NOW-CLOSED
SOUTH SIOUX CITY
BIOFUELS COMPANY
HAS BEEN SETTLED
AND
DISMISSED....THE
DETAILS IN
OUR TOP STORY
NOW, AT 6.
THE SUIT
ALLEGES THAT IN
20-16, ODOR FROM
BIG OX ENERGY
DAMAGED
PROPERTY VALUES
FOR MORE THAN 2
THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS
WITHIN A 2 MILE
RADIUS.
THE SUIT SOUGHT
ABOUT 5 MILLION
DOLLARS IN
DAMAGES.
HOWEVER,
ACCORDING TO
COURT RECORDS,
THE LAWSUIT HAS
BEEN SETTLED AND
WAS DISMISSED ON
AUGUST 27TH.
BIG OX
HOWEVER, STILL
FACING SEVERAL
OTHER LAWSUITS...
INCLUDING 15
OTHERS BY SOUTH
SIOUX RESIDENTS..
.. ONE THAT
CLAIMS THE
COMPANY IS
PARTIALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR
A MAN'S DEATH
AFTER GASES FROM
THE PLANT FORCED
A FAMILY FROM
THEIR HOME IN TO A
HOTEL, ..WHERE
THE 74 YEAR OLD
MAN FELL, LEADING
TO COMPLICATIONS
THAT CAUSED HIS
DEATH.
JUDGES HAVE
ALSO ENTERED
JUDGEMENTS
AGAINST BIG OX
FOR NONPAYMENT
OF CLAIMS TO
COMPANIES THAT
PROVIDED
SUPPLIES AND
SERVICES.
THE BIOFUEL
COMPANY ALSO
OWES THE CITY OF
SIOUX CITY AROUND
3-MILLION DOLLARS
IN OUTSTANDING
FEES AND FINES.
BIG OX HAS BEEN
CLOSED SINCE
APRIL OF 20-19.
SOPHIE:
SIOUXLANDERS
ARE GETTING A
SNEAK PEEK INSIDE
A NEWLY
