A pollution lawsuit by dozens of residents against the now-closed Evraz Claymont Steel plant will continue after all.
Superior Court Judge John Parkins said the fact that at least 82 people have allegedly been harmed supports continuation of the lawsuit.
He noted that they complain of specific injuries to them.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that for years residents around the plant said that the scrap steel recycling and plate-making operations produced damaging metallic slag dust and toxic pollutants.
State officials eventually imposed new rules to clean up the site finding in 2006 that mercury emissions were 10 times higher than what the company estimated they were.
The News Journal reports that company officials could not be reached for comment.
