Louisiana Federal Court Grants Benzene Plaintiff’s Motion to Withdraw Fraud Claims

NEW ORLEANS –– A Louisiana federal court has granted a plaintiff’s motion to withdraw her own fraud claims, shortly after defendants challenged the cause of action asserted in the benzene suit.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued an order granting the motion to withdraw the claims on Jan. 30.

Plaintiff Natalie Konrick moved to withdraw the claims on Jan. 29. Konrick alleged in her complaint that she was exposed to both benzene and hydrogen sulfide on a regular basis and from a leak that occurred only days before it was discovered that her fetus had …