Whatcom County, Wash., Judge Rules against Delay in Pipeline-Death Suits.
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Dec. 1–A Whatcom County judge, rebuffing federal prosecutors, yesterday refused to delay two wrongful-death suits stemming from the 1999 gasoline-pipeline rupture in Bellingham that killed two boys and a young man. Prosecutors argued the lawsuits could interfere with their federal criminal prosecution of Olympic Pipe Line and other defendants, who were indicted in September on environmental and safety charges. But after a hearing yesterday, Superior Court Judge… |