Benzene Trial Gets Underway in AML Case Against Shell Oil Co.

LOS ANGELES -- Parties in an acute myeloid leukemia benzene case began jury selection this week in California, sources told HarrisMartin Publishing, and opening arguments were slated to begin the afternoon of Jan. 20. Head, et al. v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. BC358265; Hammond v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. BC366771 (Calif. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty.).

Several sources confirmed to HarrisMartin that counsel for the plaintiffs and lone remaining defendant Shell Oil Co., began selecting jurors Jan. 18 in the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County. Stephen J. Czuleger of Department 3 is presiding over the trial, …