The owners and operators of a chemical company that dumped 10,000 gallons of toxic chemicals into a West Virginia river last year are one step closer to facing a judge and jury of their very unhappy peers.

Thirty-two people have sought treatment at West Virginia hospitals for nausea and vomiting symptoms possibly related to last week's chemical spill, according to the state's health department. A few of those ER visitors have been hospitalized.

Last week, a chemical company poisoned a major West Virginia water supply so thoroughly that FEMA has been dispatched to clean things up.