•In the aftermath of the poisonous cloud on December 7th 1984 a multi-billion dollar lawsuit was field.
•The American attorney who had filed the case in U.S. Court was the first beginning of decades of legal fractions.
•Ultimately the legal fractions were moved from the U.S. Courts and placed under Indian Jurisdiction to compensate those affected and injured.
• The Indian Supreme Court arbitrated a settlement with Union Carbide Corporation for a lump sum of $470 Million which was to be distributed to the claimants as a full and final settlement
•( UCC accepted moral responsibility and agreed to pay $470 Million to the Indian government to be distributed to claimants a full and final settlement.)