Companies settle Agent Orange suit for $180 million 30 years ago this hour (May 7 1984)

1980s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Agent Orange. American Chemical and Biological Warfare'

(Monday, May 7, 1984, 4:00 a.m. EDT) — A $180 million out-of-court settlement was reached today in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they’d suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant.