
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, July 22, 1993                   TAG: 9307220516
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

DAIRY MAKES FINAL SETTLEMENT

The state has received a final settlement of $525,000 from a milk cooperative involved in an overcharging scheme that hit 35 school divisions in Virginia, Attorney General Stephen Rosenthal said Wednesday.

The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. and its Marva Maid Dairy division reached a settlement with the state a year ago.

Marva Maid agreed to pay $1.05 million, with $950,000 allocated for damages for the school divisions and $100,000 in attorneys' fees and costs. Marva Maid paid half of the money a year ago.

In 1991, the attorney general's office filed a civil lawsuit against five dairies on behalf of the 35 school divisions in eastern and central Virginia. The lawsuit sought damages against the companies for allegedly conspiring to rig bids for school milk contracts since as early as 1983.

- Associated Press

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