Parties Remaining in Louisiana Liquid Wrench Benzene Case Reach Compromise

NEW ORLEANS –– Parties that recently engaged in a dispute regarding the availability of expert witnesses in a benzene case have reached a settlement agreement, according to a one-page order.

In a May 6 order of dismissal filed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the court retained jurisdiction over the claims in order to enforce the compromise.

Audrey Millet filed the instant lawsuit as the legal representative of Robert C. Millet, who died in 2011, one month after he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. According to his widow, Robert Millet worked at …