The case of Air Pollution in USA

Another case emerged in the USA that depicts the impact of pollution and the steps taken by the government in collaboration with the judicial system to overcome it.
In 2008, the Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel Corporation was ordered to pay $4.45 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by residents of Ecorse and River Rouge over air pollution caused by an Ecorse plant.

The Judge of the U.S. District Court in Detroit approved the settlement and agreed that roughly 7,000 residents were affected by smoke and metallic particle emissions from the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Works plant. The lawsuit disclosed that tests by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality had found excessive levels of manganese emissions from the plant.

Under the terms of the settlement, the affected residents would receive $300 each, for a cumulative $2.1 million in lawsuit damages payable by the steel company and all funds that go unclaimed