Personal Injury

The Law Office of Brent Coon and Associates reportedly requested access to the facility for 7 days and finally had to file an enforcement action against them.     ORANGE, Texas — After a railcar leak of highly toxic chemicals more than a week ago, the Orange County Eagle Railcar facility has reportedly yet to…

ORANGE — Representatives of a local law firm hosted a town hall to address the lawsuits and restraining order filed in relation to a chemical release which resulted in an Orange County shelter-in-place order earlier this month. Over 60 people attended the first town hall session on Thursday at the Orange Train Depot Museum.  “What…

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A chemical leak at Eagle Railcar Services sent two dozen people to the hospital on July 18. ORANGE, Texas — A week after a chemical leak in West Orange that sent two dozen people to the hospital, a law firm hosted three town halls as it prepares to file a class action lawsuit. Brent Coon…

Cheryl Warren has become experienced in speaking before Orange County Commissioners Court, but Tuesday she was shaking and near tears. Her son and his family live on Foreman Road, the heart of an air-borne chemical accident Thursday, July 18. At least 150 people went to hospitals in Southeast Texas because of the exposure, according to…

ORANGE COUNTY, Texas (KPLC) – Lawsuits are being filed after a flaring operation caused shelter-in-place orders for parts of Orange County, Texas Thursday. A rail car at a repair site in Orange was conducting a controlled flaring operation and released ethyl acrylate, the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) said. The release led to a shelter-in-place for…

The first lawsuits and restraining orders have been filed in relation to the chemical incident at Eagle Railcar Services in Orange which caused a shelter-in-place order for much of Orange County. Beaumont-based law firm Brent Coon and Associates made the announcement via press release July 19. According to the release, Brent Coon and Associates filed…

Orange County — Brent Coon & Associates law firm filed the first of a number of lawsuits stemming from the railroad car chemical release in Orange County that sent more than 30 people to hospitals. The Orange County Emergency Management Office says ethyl acrylate was released in controlled flaring from a railcar Thursday at the Eagle…

Over two dozen people were hospitalized, some suffering from respiratory problems and some from anxiety issues. WEST ORANGE, Texas — Brent Coon & Associates law firm filed the first lawsuits following a railcar chemical release at Eagle Railcar Services in Orange County. According to a release, the firm included a “temporary restraining order” that was…