Pa. Court Rejects Efforts to Reopen Discovery for Access to Benzene Plaintiff’s Most Recent Treatment Records

PHILADELPHIA –– A Philadelphia trial court has denied U.S. Steel Corp.’s motion to reconsider an order denying the benzene defendant’s efforts to extend the discovery deadline so that it could access the plaintiff’s most recent medical records.

The Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County had denied U.S. Steel’s original request on Aug. 27 in a handwritten note, noting that “discovery [is] over and a trial date has been set for October 15, 2013.”

The plaintiffs contend that Robert Lukatz was exposed to benzene-containing products while working as a maintenance man and operator at a number of locations throughout …