GA Electric Vehicle Battery Maker Settles Fire Lawsuit for $31M

An electric vehicle battery manufacturer that operates a North Georgia factory recently agreed to pay a $31 million settlement to a nearby recycling facility that caught fire and burned to the ground last year.

SK Battery America Inc. settled a lawsuit in late September with Metro Site recycling center in Commerce, which was destroyed in a July 2023 fire after investigators said it received lithium-ion battery scraps among a shipment of recyclables from the battery producer’s factory a few miles away.

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