Settlement reached in Miss. mill blast lawsuit

Published October 26, 2012 2:37pm ET



JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by a man who was injured in a deadly explosion at an International Paper Co. mill in Mississippi in 2008.

Jeb D. Slade settled his lawsuit after a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Natchez. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The lawsuit was filed in January 2011.

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