An appeal was recently filed in a case where a lower court ruled that the time limit on a person’s benzene claim began running when the person was first exposed to benzene.  Wow.  Well this is one big problem with exposure lawsuits.  The question I have is how can person bring a lawsuit for an [...]

Despite an initial backlash against what they perceived to be an overstep of mayoral authority, Baytown officials and state lawmakers seem to be falling in step, at least in principle, with Houston Mayor Bill White’s efforts to curtail benzene emissions from east Harris County refineries. The ball is now rolling on a regional task force [...]