Jury Finds Defendant's Failure to Warn Did Not Cause Plaintiff's Non-Hodgkin's

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A jury has found that while Chevron failed to adequately warn of possible health risks associated with benzene exposure, those failures were not ultimately the cause of a plaintiff's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Hooper v. Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., et al., No. RG04171297 (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

The Alameda County Superior Court jury reached the special verdict on Aug. 15, after more than a month of trial and two days of deliberations.

A verdict sheet obtained by HarrisMartin indicates the jury found that Chevron's solvents and thinners failed to perform as safely as an ordinary user would have expected; that …