Ohio Court Sanctions Benzene Plaintiffs’ Counsel $250,000

CLEVELAND –– An Ohio court has attached a monetary value to an earlier decision granting a motion of sanctions, ordering plaintiffs’ counsel in a benzene personal injury and property damage case to pay $250,000 for their pursuit of medical monitoring claims despite the “absence of legal and factual support.” Baker, et al. v. Chevron USA Inc., et al., No. 05-227 (S.D. Ohio).

In an order entered July 9, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio took the plaintiffs’ counsel’s financial records into account when reaching the amount.

The underlying plaintiffs are residents of Ohio who claim they …