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AP) - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Judge allows suit against U.S.-based energy company
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) -- The government of the Dominican Republic can proceed with a lawsuit against Arlington, Virginia-based power company AES Corp. over the dumping of coal ash on Dominican beaches, a federal judge has ruled.
AES had sought to have the lawsuit dismissed on multiple grounds. But U.S. District Judge Gerald
Bruce Lee denied the request in a ruling made public this week
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The lawsuit seeks $US80 million (euro61 million) in damages; Lee said in his ruling that the case will be decided under standards set forth in Dominican law.