Louisiana Benzene Plaintiffs: Shell Can’t Dispute it Knew Benzene Could Cause Leukemia

NEW ORLEANS –– Plaintiffs in a Louisiana benzene suit have filed a reply brief supporting its motion for partial summary judgment, contending that the defendant could not “seriously dispute that it knew benzene could cause leukemia prior to 1967.”

In the June 16 reply brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana the plaintiffs reassert their position that they are entitled to summary judgment on the issues of whether Shell Oil Co. and Shell Chemical Co. knew that benzene could cause leukemia in human and failed to warn users that their products contained benzene.

“Shell …