BP Exposed Neighbors to Toxic Gases From Texas Refinery, Jury Told at Trial End

BP Plc deliberately exposed neighbors of a Texas refinery to tons of cancer-causing gases and then misled regulators and community leaders about the dangers, a lawyer told a Texas jury (In re MDL Litigation Regarding Texas City Refinery Ultracracker Emission Event Litigation).

Jurors are expected to begin deliberations shortly on the first three of almost 48,000 toxic-exposure claims to come to trial. The plaintiffs seek as much as $200,000 each in actual damages, plus $10 billion in punitive damages which, they said in court papers, they would donate to charity.

“This is not an assault on the oil ...