A court in central India ruled Monday that seven top executives and the company they worked for are guilty for their role in the 1984 industrial disaster that killed thousands in Bhopal , India . 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 : 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 .