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Judge refuses company's guilty plea in bay spill

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A federal judge has refused to let a shipping company plead guilty to two misdemeanor environmental crimes for an oil spill from one of its ships in San Francisco Bay.

The judge ruled Monday that if Hong Kong-based Fleet Management Ltd. wants to plead guilty, it has to admit to charges in a revised indictment.

The new indictment significantly increases the damage estimate for the spill. It says the company is responsible for at least $20 million in damage, which exposes it to a fine of as much as $40 million.

The cargo ship, Cosco Busan, spilled 53,000 gallons of oil after sideswiping the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007.

Fleet Management also has pleaded not guilty to six felony counts and faces several lawsuits.

Full post as published by Breaking Legal News on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).

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