Amended Complaint Filed in Wake of Court's Dismissal of Claims

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana benzene plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint in accordance with a court order that gave the claimants 15 days to amend their complaint with proper specificity as to their fraud and exemplary damage claims. Bishop, et al. v. Shell Oil Co., et al., No. 07-2832 (E.D. La.).

The amended complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, cites several studies the plaintiffs claim notified the defendants that exposure to benzene could cause injury.

Specifically, the plaintiffs highlight a 1948 edition of the American Petroleum Institute's Toxicological Review in which it was …