Utility to pay Tennessee coal ash victims $27.8M

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility has agreed to pay $27.8 million to settle claims from Tennessee property owners who suffered damages from a huge, 2008 spill of toxin-laden coal ash sludge that drew national attention to coal ash and its toxic contaminants.

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