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Attorney requests recusal of investigator who implicated him in alleged BP claims scam
NEW ORLEANS – A local attorney who was implicated in an attempt to hide a referral fee provided to a BP claims attorney while a $7.9 million claim was being handled has asked the investigator who returned to be recused. -
Goodyear says statute of limitations lapsed in benzene suit
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has amended its answer to assert that the statute of limitations has lapsed in a benzene lawsuit brought by local residents Robert Fontenot and his wife, who sued Goodyear and 15 other companies for allegedly exposing Fontenot to benzene throughout his career. -
Trabulsi: Class action claims should be settled promptly, efficiently
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Recent Marathon toxic release triggers another lawsuit
GALVESTON - An alleged emission event at Marathon Petroleum Co. LP's Texas City refinery over the summer has triggered another lawsuit, recent court papers say. -
Our View: BP jury tells Buzbee to buzz off
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “The seriousness of poisoning caused by benzene depends on the amount, route, and length of time of exposure, as well as the age and preexisting medical condition of the exposed person.” -
Jurors side with BP in toxic release trial
GALVESTON - The jury in the trial focusing on a 2010 toxic release at what was then BP's Texas City refinery reached a verdict shortly before noon Oct. 10 after two full days of deliberation. -
'Test' trial over toxic emissions ends in favor of BP
GALVESTON – Three Texas City residents are not entitled to collect damages from a toxic release at the BP refinery, a Galveston jury determined today. -
Claims administrator ordered to halt BP oil spill claims payments
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has ordered claims administrator Patrick Juneau to immediately stop business-related loss payments connected to the 2010 BP oil spill. -
'If the pieces do not fit, you must acquit': Both sides in BP emission trial deliver closing arguments
GALVESTON - The trial into an alleged toxic event in 2010 at what was then BP's Texas City refinery could be over any day now. -
Our View: Buzbee wants BP to pay for the harm it hasn’t caused
Some people move out to the country to get away from traffic, overcrowding, crime, noise, and all the other sensory assaults of the city, and then start complaining that the countryside lacks urban amenities -- stores, restaurants, museums, sports franchises, etc. -
Toxicologist: Benzene levels from 2010 BP emission 'not toxic'
GALVESTON - A toxicologist testifying on behalf of BP said Oct. 3 that the exposure levels from a release of chemicals at the Texas City refinery were not lethal or high enough to jeopardize people's health. -
Appeals court rules for BP – allows claims process to be revisited
NEW ORLEANS – Despite U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier saying BP had no right to revisit a settlement reached with the plaintiffs’ steering committee last year over the 2010 BP oil spill, an appeals court has ruled that Barbier’s court must do just that. -
BP toxic release trial enters fourth week, defense witnesses testify
GALVESTON - Jurors in a trial focusing on an alleged 2010 toxic release at BP's former refinery in Texas City listened to a chemical engineer from Missouri on Oct. 2. -
Opening arguments heard in phase two of BP oil spill trial
NEW ORLEANS – An attorney representing businesses, individuals, Transocean, Halliburton and the states of Alabama and Louisiana – “the aligned parties” – outlined BP’s lack of preparedness for what is believed to be the largest oil spill in recorded history during opening arguments in the second phase of trial involving the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill resulting from the explosion of the BP-owned -
Epidemiologist testifies in BP emissions trial
GALVESTON - The legal team representing local residents who claim to have been exposed to toxic chemicals at BP's Texas City refinery brought in a physician to testify Wednesday afternoon. -
Defense anticipates chance to present witnesses as BP toxic release trial enters third week
GALVESTON - As the trial into a 2010 BP emission which allegedly lasted six weeks moves toward the one-month mark, the petrochemical company's legal team anticipates its turn to call in its designated witnesses. -
Galveston judge rejects attorney's motion to have counterpart on defense dismissed
GALVESTON - BP's head counsel can continue representing the petrochemical company in the trial arising from a 2010 toxic event at a Texas City refinery, a local state district judge ruled. -
Woman tells jury about 'peculiar, sweet' smell from Texas City refinery
GALVESTON - A woman who is among the many Galveston County residents claiming to have been affected by a 2010 toxic event at the now-former BP Texas City refinery took the stand Sept. 16. -
BP claims investigation finds attorney took $40K kickback in exchange for expediting nearly $8 million claim
NEW ORLEANS – The results of a two-month long investigation into allegations of fraud within the 2010 oil spill settlement program has revealed an alleged kickback scheme enacted by a claims attorney.
