Refinery Reaches Deal with Insurer over $1.6 Million Silica Premises Settlement

ST. CROIX, V.I. - A company that agreed to pay $1.6 million to seven workers who claimed they developed silicosis after exposure to silica at a refinery owned by Amerada Hess Corp. has reached a deal with its insurer, which initially refused to cover the settlement. Thompson v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Co., No. n/a (D. V.I.).

The confidential agreement reached recently between Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (HOVIC), the seven injured plaintiffs, and Zurich Insurance Co. ends a lengthy battle between the two companies that arose out of a lawsuit filed more than 10 years ago in District Court …