Judge says shareholders can sue FirstEnergy for disregarding ‘red flags’ in House Bill 6 nuclear bailout

Steam plumes from the cooling tower of the  Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, in a 2017 file photo

The Davis Besse plant in Oak Harbor is one of two aging plants once owned by a FirstEnergy subsidiary. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)AP

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal judge has sided with shareholders in a key ruling over lawsuits involving FirstEnergy Corp.’s push to pass House Bill 6.

U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley refused to throw out the consolidated cases filed against the company’s board of directors.

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