Beleaguered BP Texas City Refinery Faces Two Lawsuits

On April 6, 2010, the Ultracracker unit at BP's Texas City refinery malfunctioned. What blipped onto a DowJones newswire as an “upset” a few days later was, in reality, progressing into one of the largest chemical emissions events the state has ever seen.

Now it's spawned at least two lawsuits: a $10 billion federal class action suit brought by attorney Tony Buzbee of Houston on behalf of the more than 2,000 workers exposed to the dangerous levels of carcinogens released during the incident and an environmental enforcement suit brought by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott seeking what ...

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