More than 100 Plaintiffs File Intervening Petition in Benzene Class Action

GALVESTON, Texas -- More than 100 plaintiffs have filed an intervening petition in a class action that accuses BP Products North America of releasing 17,000 pounds of benzene from a Texas facility for more than one month. Fontenot, et al. v. BP Products North America, Inc., et al., No. 10-00295 (S.D. Texas).

On Sept. 14, an original petition in intervention was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of plaintiffs who claim that they were wrongfully exposed to benzene as the result of a large volume release from a BP Products North America …