The Boeing Co.

In 1997, residents living near the Santa Susana Field Lab filed a class action lawsuit against the airline alleging radioactive and toxic contamination at the nuclear research site caused health problems such as cancer. The class claimed that from 1950 to 1990 toxic and radioactive contamination released from the field lab caused cancers, as well as thyroid and autoimmune disorders in residents who lived near the hilltop lab on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley. Boeing has agreed to pay nearly 100 residents a $30 million class action settlement. (Jan-11-06) [ABC LOCAL]