Wash. Court Grants Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Benzene Case

SEATTLE -- A Washington state court has granted a benzene plaintiff's motion for voluntary dismissal, just a month after the court had opined that the plaintiff had yet to produce evidence linking the alleged exposure with any of the defendants' products. Evans, et al. v. 3M Company, et al., No. 05-2-37353-9 KNT (Wash. Super. Ct., King Cty.).

On Jan. 3, the Washington Superior Court for King County entered an order granting Elizabeth Evans' motion for voluntary dismissal with prejudice.

Elizabeth Evans had claimed that her husband, Donald Kimberlin, developed acute lymphocytic leukemia as a result of exposure to benzene while …