HB&B has extensive litigation experience involving claims arising from benzene exposure. Recently, we were counsel for the Beverly Hills Unified School District in a trace benzene case involving 1,000 plaintiffs. The case involves numerous cancers including; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, thyroid, breast, and testicular cancer, melanoma, and basal cell carcinoma. HB&B has also defended numerous benzene cases brought by ARCO refinery workers who claimed occupational exposure. We have monitored ARCO’s benzene related litigation in six western states. From our experience in these, and other trace benzene cases, including a recent pipeline exposure case involving 1,400 plaintiffs claiming benzene exposure, HB&B is familiar with leading experts in the field, as well as the toxicological and epidemiological theories brought by plaintiffs in these types of cases. We have also used this knowledge to create an extensive "benzene database" that contains scientific, medical and exposure articles as well as epidemiological studies about benzene.
