Orange Chemical Leak: Law Firm Files Enforcement Action against Eagle Railcar

More than a week after a railcar leak of highly toxic chemicals at the Orange County Eagle Railcar facility, the company has yet to cooperate with the law firm who filed a restraining order to preserve evidence and allow for an onsite inspection.

This leak of toxic materials that resulted in a shelter in place order to several entire communities and sent dozens of people to local hospitals was not even reported to authorities as required by law. Once they were caught, they misrepresented the extent and scope of the problem based on what employees of the company have disclosed to us as concerned whistleblowers.

The Law Office of Brent Coon and Associates (BCA) requested access to the facility for 7 days and finally had to file an enforcement action against them on Friday.  This will hopefully result in further court orders later this week.  BCA has handled hundreds of similar releases and fires in the industrial sector for almost 40 years and they have never had a company resist these inspections like Eagle Railcar has done here.

“The community has a right to know what happened and we are determined to get to the bottom of it,” said Brent Coon, whose law firm has undertaken the lead role online the matter and represents hundreds of victims.

Click below to read the motion

File Mark – BCA – MOTION FOR ENTRY ON LAND

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ABOUT BCA:  Brent Coon & Associates was founded in 2001. Today, with multiple satellite offices around the country and hundreds of associated firms in various practice areas, it is one of the most recognized trial law firms in the nation and the epitome of the 21st century law practice. Brent Coon & Associates employs a full complement of aggressive litigators with solid experience in individual and complex multi-party, occupational/environmental, health and personal injury cases.

BCA is a public policy firm and has worked with numerous state and federal investigative agencies, including the Department of Justice, multiple state Attorneys General, the United States Chemical and Hazards Investigation Board.  BCA serves as institutional or advisory counsel to numerous agencies and organizations, including the United Steelworkers, pilot unions, railroad and other transportation unions. Their work in this arena has led to widespread improvements in the safety and working conditions of industries throughout America and abroad.

The firm and founder have been repeatedly recognized by most leading journals and legal associations including Texas Lawyer Litigation Department of the Year (2013); Forbes “Lawyer of the Month” and Forbes “Top 75 Litigation Firms”; MTMP “Clarence Darrow Award”; Texas Monthly Magazine “Texas Super Lawyers” (2007-2015); “Best Lawyers in America”; Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America”; “American Association of Justice”