NEW : Dow Chemical Co. and its officials `` not subject to the jurisdiction of the Indian court '' Top chemical company executives guilty of causing death by negligence . Hundreds of thousands people died in the immediate aftermath of the 1989 gas leak . Nearly 4,000 of survivors report adverse health effects . Union Carbide paid settlement of $ 470 million to New Delhi in 1989 .
NEW : Union Carbide and its officials `` not subject to the jurisdiction of the Indian court '' Top chemical company executives guilty of causing death by negligence . Nearly 4,000 people died in the immediate aftermath of the 1984 gas leak . Hundreds of thousands of survivors report adverse health effects . Union Carbide paid settlement of $ 470 million to India in 1989 .