According to plaintiff's lawyer Dale Hanks, the local petrochemical facilities that have provided a comfortable way of life for generations of Southeast Texans are in reality secretive, callous, arrogant, reckless and have no regard for human life.
A worker at Firestone's synthetic rubber plant in Orange for 43 years, Edward Blankenstein, 79, says he was "negligently" exposed to butadiene during his long tenure.
City leaders in Orange are so fed up with an ambulance service that is operating without a permit that they are seeking a court order to have the company cease and desist.
Hermie and Norma Bundick are the latest Golden Triangle couple to sue Allstate Texas Lloyd's and Allstate Insurance Co. for not paying the full proceeds of a claim submitted following Hurricane Rita.