Eaves v. Union Oil Company of Cal. CA1/2
Plaintiffs, half-brothers Gary and Randy Eaves, worked for many years at a tire manufacturing plant in Texarkana, Arkansas, using rubber solvent containing benzene manufactured and supplied by defendant Union Oil Company of California (Union Oil). Gary and Randy died of cancer in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Before their deaths, they filed suit with their families against Union Oil and other defendants for negligence and other claims, alleging that their occupational benzene exposure had caused their cancers. A jury ultimately found for the plaintiffs on their negligence claim and awarded Gary’s family $10.95 million and Randy’s family $10.3 million, including, for each family, a $9 million award of noneconomic damages.
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