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AP unearths puffed-up damage claims from mine spill

By Dan Elliot

Dan Elliott, reporter, Denver, for revealing that the damage claims related to a toxic mine waste spill had been wildly inflated by a small law firm. http://apne.ws/2ncEaxO

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By The Associated Press

APRIL 7, 2017

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