Benzene Plaintiff Moves for Partial Summary Judgment on Defenses Asserted by Defendants

NEW ORLEANS –– A plaintiff in a benzene action pending in Louisiana has filed motions for partial summary judgment as to affirmative defenses proffered by Valero (NYSE:VLO) and Kinder Morgan, saying that it is uncontested that the defendants did not provide warnings to the plaintiff.

On June 14, the plaintiff filed two partial summary judgment motions in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, seeking to strike several defenses proffered by the defendants.

Edward F. Authenment III filed the complaint, contending that his work as a deckhand and tankerman from 1977 to 1993 required him to …