[CPEO-BIF] Jefferson County office building lawsuit Fayette, Mississsippi

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

$19M awarded in Texaco suit
5 Miss. women say gas fumes harmed kids

JIMMIE E. GATES
JACKSON CLARION LEDGER (MS)
APRIL 9, 2010

In one of Hinds County's largest jury verdicts in recent years, five 
Jefferson County women were awarded $19 million Thursday in a lawsuit 
alleging an oil company is responsible for their children born with 
disabilities and illnesses, including mental retardation.

All the women were pregnant when they worked in the old Jefferson County 
office building in Fayette, which previously was a gas station 
affiliated with Texaco Inc.

The women sued Texaco, which merged with Chevron Corp. in 2001, saying 
they were exposed to leaded gasoline fumes from tanks left in the ground 
when the former gas station was renovated.


For the entire article, see
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100409/NEWS/4090342/+19M+awarded+in+Texaco+suit

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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