February 6, 2010. By Brenda Craig.
Houston, TX Attorney Tony Buzbee offered BP a chance to settle, but the company denied that there had ever even been a toxic spill at its plant in Texas City and attacked the credibility of the workers who claimed they had been exposed to dangerous chemicals in April 2007. So, Buzbee and the 10 plaintiffs went to trial. "The jury gave exactly the number I asked for—I would say we were very pleased," he says. "One hundred million dollars is one month's profit at that plant."
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