Valero
Recent News About Valero
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Recent patent infringement/false marking suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Recent patent infringement/false marking suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Oct. 5-8, 2010. -
Jury splits blame 50/50 in Valero injury trial, but still awards $225K to plaintiff
A Jefferson County jury recently found defendant Valero Energy and plaintiff Allan Gaspard equally at fault for a work related injury, but still elected to levy a $225,688.80 verdict against the oil giant. -
Valero in trial over refinery worker's acid burn
A Jefferson County jury has been tasked to decide if Valero Energy is responsible for a refinery worker's acid burn. -
Refinery sued after terminating contractor who reported alleged theft ring
A contractor for the Valero Port Arthur facility is suing the company for breach of contract after he claims he was terminated for reporting an alleged theft ring at the refinery. -
Man sues after tool dropped on head
A scaffold worker is suing the employer of another worker who he claims dropped a tool on his head. -
Former manufacturing executives claim false promises ruined careers
In a recently filed lawsuit, two men claim they had successful careers in the construction industry until they were lured away by the owners of a new company making false promises. -
Woman sues allegedly drunk driver who caused wreck
A Beaumont woman has filed suit against the driver who she believes to have been intoxicated when he struck the rear of her vehicle. -
Security guard sues after boiler explosion at Valero refinery
GALVESTON - A Galveston County man has filed a $75,000 lawsuit against Valero, Halgo Power and Babcock & Wilcox over injuries he reportedly sustained during a boiler explosion in early December. -
Refinery worker claims he was injured helping coworker escape explosion
GALVESTON - An employee at the Valero refinery in Texas City is suing the company over injuries he allegedly sustained helping another employee escape from the area when a boiler exploded. -
Referendum on Calif. greenhouse law appears headed for voters
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-California voters will likely be asked in the November general election if the state's greenhouse gas law should be put on hold for rosier economic times, a postponement the Democratic frontrunner for attorney general, Kamala Harris, said Monday would be a colossal mistake. -
Valero settles with group of AGs
SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) - Gas station chain Valero has reached a settlement with 38 states and is implementing procedures the states say will curb tobacco sales to minors. -
Calif. AG candidate takes aim at Texas oil companies
Kamala Harris (D) SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-A leading Democratic candidate for California attorney general is calling on her rivals to publicly oppose two out-of-state oil companies' efforts to repeal California's landmark greenhouse law. -
Valero sues manufacturer over faulty boiler
GALVESTON - Valero is suing a number of businesses and individuals over what the San Antonio-based refiner alleges to be a faulty boiler. -
Heir sues 49 companies over man's alleged asbestos exposure
The representative of a deceased man's estate has filed an asbestos suit against 49 defendant corporations, claiming the asbestos-related disease with which the man was diagnosed was wrongfully caused. -
Judge considering dismissal of United Scaffolding from injury suit
While working near a scaffold, Louie Meiers, a Performance Contractors employee, was allegedly injured when a co-worker inadvertently pushed a 4-by-4 board off the scaffold's walkway and struck him. -
Family files suit on behalf of worker killed in refinery blast
GALVESTON - The family of a worker killed in an explosion at Valero's Texas City refinery last month has filed suit against two boilermaking companies. -
Injured worker seeks TRO regarding explosion at Valero Texas City refinery
GALVESTON - A Galveston County man has filed a temporary restraining order against two boilermaking companies in an effort to stop the defendants from removing material from an alleged scene of a recent explosion at Valero's Texas City refinery, recent court documents say. -
Worker struck by falling pole sues scaffold company
A Jefferson County man has filed suit against a scaffolding company and a Houston business after he says a pole from a piece of scaffolding fell on his head. -
Suit filed against gas station after man assaulted by clerk's relative
GALVESTON � A Galveston man claims he was assaulted at a local Valero station four months ago and is suing the San Antonio-based oil company in Galveston County District Court for $150,000 in damages. -
Discovery request overly broad in Valero appraisal case, appeals court says
A discovery dispute between Valero Energy and the Jefferson County Appraisal District has been settled by Texas' Ninth District Court of Appeals, as justices reversed a lower court's ruling that the oil company surrender its trade secrets.