U.S. Steel Resolves Claims of Plaintiff Alleging Benzene Exposure Caused Leukemia

BEAUMONT, Texas -- U.S. Steel Corp. has resolved claims asserted against the company which arose from the plaintiff's exposure to the benzene-containing product Liquid Wrench. Drake v. Radiator Specialty, et al., No. B171046 (E.D. Texas).

In a Feb. 15 order, Judge Marcia A. Crone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas dismissed defendant U.S. Steel Corp., with prejudice, noting that the plaintiff had resolved all his claims against the company.

David Drake contended in his lawsuit that his employment at Mobil Oil for nearly 20 years exposed him to benzene-containing products and caused him to develop …