TEXAS LAWYER – Judge Spends 3 Hours Explaining His Decision

TEXAS LAWYER – January 17, 2025 – By Adolfo Pesquera A judge sympathetic to the hundreds of victims of the massive Port Neches refinery explosion was not able to convince the defendant corporation to pay $292 A proposed plea agreement between federal prosecutors and TPC Group that involved negotiations that excluded the crime victims, fell…

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UPDATE ON TPC LITIGATION – TPC Withdraws from Plea Agreement

Beaumont — TPC has withdrawn from its plea agreement with the government during a federal sentencing hearing for the 2019 plant explosion and fire in Port Neches, based on the judge’s decision to increase restitution, and TPC is now prepared to go to trial. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Truncale held the hearing Friday at…

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‘That is not justice’ | TPC tries to close the book on Port Neches explosion while BCA claims victims haven’t been paid their dues

TPC representatives, lawyers from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and lawyers representing victims watched on, as one such victim shared an emotional testimony. PORT NECHES, Texas — Day two of sentencing: Day two of the sentencing hearing for TPC was cut short after lunch today after Judge Michael Truncale had to leave do to a family…

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Family suing CenterPoint after explosion at home caused major injuries

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) — When a pipeline explosion shot flames hundreds of feet into the sky in La Porte earlier this week, Patricia Harkins told ABC13 she “had such a bad anxiety attack” that she vomited. Harkins said the incident brought back traumatic memories from the La Porte home explosion she and her daughter narrowly…

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TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS RECENT CHEMICAL LEAK IN ORANGE COUNTY

12:00PM CST – Wednesday July 24th, 2024 – Brent Coon and Associates will be holding a series of Town Hall Meetings to discuss the recent chemical leak in Orange County.  Brent Coon & Associates law firm filed the first of a number of lawsuits emanating from the major gas leak in Orange County that sent…

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