Judge Continues April Trial Setting in Benzene Case Involving Exposure on Vessels

NEW ORLEANS -- A Louisiana federal judge has granted a joint motion to continue an April 16, 2012, trial date in a case brought by a former mechanic who claims he was exposed to benzene-containing products on a number of vessels. Authenment v. Ingram Barge Co., No. 10-02107 (E.D. La.).

The Jan. 3 order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana also continued discovery deadlines and said that new deadlines and trial date with be determined "later."

Edward F. Authenment III filed the complaint, contending that his work as a deckhand and tankerman for Ingram …