Philadelphia Court Denies Sunoco’s Efforts to Obtain Summary Judgment in Benzene Case

PHILADELPHIA –– A Philadelphia trial court has denied efforts by Sunoco to obtain summary judgment in a benzene case, rejecting the defendant’s position that the plaintiffs had failed to identify Sunoco’s benzene-containing solvents as those that were allegedly incorporated into products used by the plaintiff.

In a one-page order issued July 28, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County denied the motion without comment.

Rocco LoBraico said in his lawsuit that since he started working as a mechanic in 1979, he had been exposed to a number of benzene-containing products, including Liquid Wrench. As a result of …