Union Carbide Case

In searching for a case study for my research project, I stumbled across a case I had never heard of that I found very interesting: the Union Carbide Case in India. Often referred to as the Bhopal Disaster, a gas leak at their plant resulted in 3,800 mortalities and several people left with severe disabilities. This ended up going all the way to the Supreme Court in India, and at the time Union Carbide was claiming that a disgruntled employee was responsible. Though they did send someone to respond the next day, it took them until the next year, 1985 to set up a relief fund, and that was only $120,000 initially. They later offered a settlement of $350 million, built a hospital, etc. Then in 2004, it turns out the government of India had profited some 357 million from the interest on the settlement given for the victims. It seems everyone was shady in this incident. I am interested to learn more about it.

In the picture, a photo of one of the children killed in the gas leak. 1984, BBC News.