WD-40 Files Case Management Statement in Benzene Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES -- WD-40 has filed a case management statement saying that it plans to file summary judgment motions in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege workplace exposure to benzene. Hoover v. Aervoe Industries Inc., et al., No. BC338906 (Calif. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty.).

In a Feb. 14 statement filed in the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County, the defendant requested a jury trial and said the trial should take no more than four weeks.

Kenneth M. Hoover Jr. and his wife, Lilliana G. Hoover, allege that Kenneth Hoover became ill with scleroderma and other injuries because …