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 dozens to the hospital and left thousands stranded away from their homes or worse in their homes with no air conditioning as part of a massive “shelter in place” notice from local government agencies dealing with the situation.

These town hall meetings will try to answer as many questions as possible for local residents.  There will also be medical professionals on site to help residents get the treatment they need.  And all of this will be free of charge.

The town hall meetings will be on Thursday, July 25^th at the Orange Trail Depot Museum (1210 W Green Ave, Orange, TX 77630) at 4PM, 6PM and 8PM.

BCA has already filed a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevents anyone from tampering with or destroying any evidence associated to the incident and provide access to professional inspections of the area and equipment involved for causation determinations.   However, they have been met with resistance from the companies involved as the firm continues their investigation.  There are still too many questions about this incident, what exactly happened, how this happened, and who is involved.

“This is yet another in the continuing saga of highly volatile and carcinogenic (cancer causing) products being dumped, leaked, vented or spilled into our local environment.  It happens with tragic regularity and goes unnoticed unless it results in a catastrophic situation where scores of people are rushed to the hospital or are ordered to stay inside homes with no air conditioning, often in 100 decree heat for hours or days at a time.  Our firm has dealt with very similar situations hundreds of times in cases all over the country, and even recently in the area with the KCS toxic chemical derailment in Mauriceville just two years ago and the infamous TPC refinery explosion in Port Neches that resulted in the mandatory evacuation of over 25,000,” said Brent Coon, lead counsel and founder of Brent Coon & Associates.

For more information about the lawsuits and claims being filed please contact Jay Jackson, Communications Director, Brent Coon & Associates.

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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”