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Brent Coon law firm plays role in $6 billion national settlement over combat hearing protection
by Scott Lawrence Fri, October 6th 2023 BEAUMONT — The Brent Coon and Associates law firm in Beaumont says it played a major role in a $6 billion national settlement over combat hearing protection, representing nearly 1,500 military veterans who suffer from tinnitus and hearing damage. They sued 3M as part of a global $6 billion settlement…
Brent Coon & Associates suing ERCOT on behalf of people affected by February 2021 freeze
Story by Lupita Villarreal • 2/16/2023 6:46:18 PM A Southeast Texas law firm is suing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in response to the freeze of February 2021. Bren Coon & Associates is representing a group of people affected by Winter Storm Uri that brought days of below-freezing temperature to Texas. Some are related…
TPC GROUP FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY AS LAW SUITS CONTINUE
TPC Group has filed for bankruptcy protection with the bankruptcy court in Delaware. TPC Group is a privately held entity, so little has been known publicly about their financial situation since the multiple explosions ripped through their Port Neches, Texas Butadiene plant the week of Thanksgiving 2019. Thousands of homeowners were subject to a mandatory…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Over the years, Brent Coon and Associates has been at the forefront of the efforts to uncover and expose the Chamber of Commerce’s hidden agenda of widespread national tort reform that closes the courthouse doors and strips citizens of their legal rights in order to provide Big Business with immunity from litigation. From a phony…
An Honest Look at the Dark and Troubled History of Asbestos
This page hosts the award-winning and must-see documentary for anyone affected by asbestos. America’s workers continue to suffer and die from asbestosis, mesothelioma and a number of asbestos related diseases entirely because of corporate greed. Sponsored by Brent Coon and Associates, you can now see the full documentary about the greatest tragedy of America’s workers.…
BRENT COON & ASSOCIATES FILES RESTRAINING ORDERS AND LAWSUITS OVER NEDERLAND GAS LEAK: NEW DETAILS UNCOVERED AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS INITIATED
The leak of deadly Hydrogen Sulfide gas and other dangerous chemicals at the Nederland Tank Wash resulted in vapor pouring into the atmosphere and flooding the neighborhoods with noxious and toxic fumes for almost a week now. Locals were eventually advised to either evacuate or shelter in place to reduce exposure risks. Local attorney Brent…
Federal report analyzes possible cause of TPC explosion amid litigation
PORT NECHES, Texas — Lawyers have filed more than 500 individual lawsuits since the TPC explosion. One year after the explosions, litigation is in early stages, with pre-trial hearings happening jointly in Orange County, which allows lawyers on both sides to talk about logistics. This week, TPC Group said the company has settled more than…
TPC lawsuits begin in Orange courtroom
The nearly year-ago explosion at the TPC Group’s chemical plant in Port Neches that blew out windows, front doors, brought ceilings tumbling down in hundreds of homes and ruined Thanksgiving weekend for thousands was mostly a Jefferson County event. But don’t’ tell that to 128th District Court Judge Courtney Arkeen. Her office is overseeing the hundreds…
First pre-trial hearing held Monday for 530 TPC explosion-related lawsuits
Court proceedings started on Monday in the first pre-trial hearing related to the TPC Group facility explosion in Port Neches. Judge Courtney Arkeen presided over the first hearing about 10 months after the plant exploded in late November 2019. Arkeen told 12News Monday allowed lawyers on both sides to meet and talk about logistics. As…
OSHA levies fines against TPC, alleges willful violations
TPC Group faces $514,692 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and is accused of three willful violations — the most severe and rare category used by the agency — after OSHA concluded its investigation into the Nov. 27 plant explosion in Port Neches. OSHA announced its conclusions Wednesday, giving some of the…
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Texas A&M donors’ lawsuit against 12th Man Foundation over Kyle Field seats and parking to proceed
By David Barron, Correspondent A Brazos County state district judge has cleared the way for a long-delayed trial showdown between a group of disillusioned Texas A&M donors and the A&M-affiliated 12th Man Foundation, stemming from a decade-old dispute over seating and parking rights at Kyle Field. State District Judge George Jerrell Wise on Wednesday signed an order denying a summary…
Lawsuit Against Texas A&M Aggies 12th Man Foundation Moves Forward
A legal showdown between former Texas A&M donors and the 12th Man Foundation will proceed at last. A Brazos County judge has ruled that a lawsuit between former Texas A&M Aggies donors and the 12th Man Foundation will move forward, David Barron of the Houston Chronicle reports. On Wednesday, State District Judge George Jerrell Wise…
Texas A&M donors’ lawsuit against 12th Man Foundation over seating, parking dispute cleared for trial
A group of Texas A&M donors will finally get their day in court for a dispute against the 12th Man Foundation over parking and seating at Kyle Field. According to the Houston Chronicle, a judge in Brazos County last week denied a summary judgment motion from the 12th Man Foundation, which sought to dismiss the…