Brown & Root Not Liable for Alleged Asbestos-Related Death

BEAUMONT, Texas - A jury in Texas has found that asbestos defendant Brown & Root was not to blame for the alleged asbestos-related death of one of its employees. Meekins v. Brown & Root, No. 158369 (Texas Dist. Ct., 172nd Dist. Jefferson Cty.).

The Jefferson County jury reached its determination Jan. 17, finding no gross negligence on the part of Brown & Root, which had been blamed for causing the death of Russell Meekins.

Meekins and his wife, Barbara, sued the company and several others claiming workplace exposure to asbestos in insulation products caused Meekins, a longtime Brown & Root …