Texas Oil Refinery Lawsuit Filed Over Exposure to Benzene and Other Chemicals

A toxic tort legal suits has been filed on behalf of 143 people who worked at or lived near an oil refinery owned by BP  in Texas City, alleging that they were exposed to benzene and other harmful chemicals that were released into the air in April 2007. The lawsuits was filed in the 122nd [...]

Legislators gut lawsuit caps in medical-malpractice bill

Bizjournals.com, NC Provisions of a bill on medical malpractice that would have eased caps on court damages in lawsuits were removed Monday by Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee, which then approved what was left of the bill in a 7-5 vote. Although stripped of its … Topics: Colorado, court, damages, fee, law, lawsuit, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical [...]

Radioactive Site In Armstrong County Settles With Local Residents For 52.5 Million Dollars

Babcock & Wilcox has settled a 14-year-long lawsuits for $52.5 million for personal injury, wrongful death and property damage to 365 claimants from the Apollo and Parks area. U.S. District Court Judge Donetta Ambrose, chief judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, approved the settlement Friday. The plaintiffs alleged that airborne radioactive emissions from the [...]

Supreme Court steps in to break logjam of malpractice cases

Las Vegas Business Press, NV The Nevada Supreme Court is conducting a “settlement marathon” to reduce a backlog of hundreds of medical malpractice cases clogging dockets in Clark County District Court. Many of the cases are more than 2 years old and violate a … Topics: case, court, law, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical malpractice, news, settlement