Years later, chemical plant neighbors in Georgia find closure

June 26, 2007 - hirteen years after the state shut down Linden Chemicals and Plastics for alleged environmental pollution, justice may finally be arriving for neighbors who once lived near the site.

The lingering taint from the plant made it impossible for people like Linda and Bo Miller to sell.

They were among about 200 plaintiffs who joined in a civil lawsuit against the company that ended with a $25 million out-of-court settlement.Last week, the Millers got a check for $101,000.

The payout is the final chapter in the Miller's saga related to the now-shuttered plant on Ross Road, just north of the city line. Bo Miller worked at the Linden Chemicals and Plastics plant for 34 years, from 1955 to 1989. For nearly as long, they've lived in the same house just two miles from the plant site, on Shore Drive along Yellow Bluff Creek.

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