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LOCKETT v. HB ZACHRY CO.

No. 01-07-01052-CV.

285 S.W.3d 63 (2009)

Evelyn LOCKETT, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of Clifford Lockett, Deceased and Ashley Jackson and Timothy Carl Jackson II, Individually and as Executors of the Estate of Georgetta Jackson, Deceased, and Timothy Jackson, Appellants, v. HB ZACHRY COMPANY, Pharmacia Corporation, f/k/a Monsanto Company, Union Carbide Corporation and Rohm & Haas Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

February 12, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Che D. Williamson, Shrader & Williamson, L.L.P., Woodlands, for Appellants.

Christopher Watkins, Porter & Hedges, LLP, Douglas B. Dougherty, Ellis, Carstarphen, Dougherty & Goldenthal, P.C., Leslie M. Henry, Michael M. Gallagher, Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, James J. Maher, Reagan W. Simpson, King & Spalding LLP, James A. Tatem III, Germer Gertz, L.L.P., Houston, James R. Old, Jr., Germer Gertz, L.L.P., Beaumont, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Judges JENNINGS, BLAND, and HUDSON.

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

This case encompasses two distinct wrongful death claims arising out of alleged occupational exposures to benzene. Clifford Lockett and Evelyn Jackson died of acute myelogenous leukemia. The Lockett heirs sued the Pharmacia Corporation (formerly known as "Monsanto"), the H.B. Zachry Company, and Union Carbide, among others, for negligence and gross negligence, alleging that exposure to benzene at the defendants' work sites caused...

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