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Kline & Specter has broad and unsurpassed experience with workplace injury cases. This experience was showcased in litigation involving an explosion at an oil refinery that resulted in the death of one worker – and, ultimately, a $36.4 million settlement that is considered the largest-ever reported settlement for a single injured worker. The settlement with Motiva Enterprises, a joint venture of Shell Oil Co. and Saudi Refining Inc. based in Houston, Texas, was announced in September 2003.
Kline & Specter, which has handled major cases throughout the United States, including one tried in Reno, Nev., that brought a $153 million verdict against Ford Motor Co., is a law firm with the size, know-how and determination to win big verdicts and settlements against major corporations. With some 30 top-notch lawyers and a staff exceeding 100, the law firm is prepared to quickly respond to disasters such as the Motiva case or to incidents such as the March 2005 explosion at the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, in which 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured. Click here to learn more about the BP oil refinery explosion. In the Motiva case, Kline & Specter attorneys established a new gold standard for investigating a case, reviewing 40,000 documents and hiring 14 experts in a year-long probe that cost $750,000 and uncovered what the government did not – the real cause of the explosion and the cause of their client’s death. The result was the $36.4 million settlement for the family of worker Jeffrey Davis. Davis was killed when the July 2001 explosion, caused by a leaking tanker, catapulted his body into a giant vat of sulfuric acid. Davis was a construction worker who was repairing catwalks on tanks at the refinery in Delaware City, Del. On March 17, 2005, Motiva agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine for negligence and environmental damage that resulted from the oil refinery explosion, which spilled more than a million gallons of acid and petroleum products into the Delaware River. Later, in September 2005, the company agreed to pay an additonal $16.2 million to settle a civil suit filed by state and federal regulators. Click on the following links to learn about other Kline & Specter cases involving Premises Liability and Construction & Workplace Injuries. Also read about our Major Victories and Notable Cases.
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