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BREAKING: TPC to pay more than $30 million in criminal fines and penalties
Port Neches — The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced the filing of a felony criminal charge and related civil complaint against TPC, with the company pleading guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and agreeing to pay more than $30 million in criminal fines and penalties linked to the devastating…
Brent Coon & Associates Announces International Expansion
Brent Coon & Associates Announces International Expansion Launches Expansive Hispanic Program and New Offices in Mexico City Brent Coon & Associates is excited to announce the expansion of our Houston- based office into full service legal representation to the Hispanic and Latino community and the opening of an office in Mexico City. This segment of…
Boeing Finally Settles Lawsuit of Deadly Spanair Crash After 15 Years of Legal Battles
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT Boeing Finally Settles Lawsuit of Deadly Spanair Crash After 15 Years of Legal Battles Boeing has finally settled for an undisclosed amount in the lawsuit that resulted from the deaths of 154 passengers and crewmembers in Spain over 15 years ago. The case was brought against Boeing as the manufacturer of the ill-…
League City House Explosion – TRO filed against Centerpoint – On-site inspection reveals new information – Press Conference Called
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT League City House Explosion – TRO filed against Centerpoint – On-site inspection reveals new information – Press Conference Called November 30, 2022, 9am CST – Several homeowner residents in La Porte Texas have filed a temporary restraining order and a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Centerpoint Energy of Houston for damages associated with a…
Why is one of the deadliest crashes in aviation history yet to be resolved after 15 years?
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT Why is one of the deadliest crashes in aviation history yet to be resolved after 15 years? THE SAGA OF SPANAIR FLIGHT 5022 ADDITIONAL OVERVIEWS, REPORTS, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST 12/14/2023 – Courts in Spain are finally allowing a trial to move forward next month on Spanair flight JK5022 which crashed on…
Brent Coon Alleges Live Nation, Travis Scott, and Others Were Negligent
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT 11/11/2021 To view a brief video statement from Brent Coon and/or download the legal petition – click here. Yesterday, attorney Brent Coon filed a lawsuit on behalf of Nhan Nguyen, whose son was injured at that Astroworld Festival on November 5, 2021. The lawsuit alleges that Live Nation, Travis Scott, and others were…
Brent Coon law firm plays role in $6 billion national settlement over combat hearing protection
by Scott Lawrence Fri, October 6th 2023 BEAUMONT — The Brent Coon and Associates law firm in Beaumont says it played a major role in a $6 billion national settlement over combat hearing protection, representing nearly 1,500 military veterans who suffer from tinnitus and hearing damage. They sued 3M as part of a global $6 billion settlement…
Brent Coon & Associates suing ERCOT on behalf of people affected by February 2021 freeze
Story by Lupita Villarreal • 2/16/2023 6:46:18 PM A Southeast Texas law firm is suing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in response to the freeze of February 2021. Bren Coon & Associates is representing a group of people affected by Winter Storm Uri that brought days of below-freezing temperature to Texas. Some are related…
TPC GROUP FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY AS LAW SUITS CONTINUE
TPC Group has filed for bankruptcy protection with the bankruptcy court in Delaware. TPC Group is a privately held entity, so little has been known publicly about their financial situation since the multiple explosions ripped through their Port Neches, Texas Butadiene plant the week of Thanksgiving 2019. Thousands of homeowners were subject to a mandatory…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Over the years, Brent Coon and Associates has been at the forefront of the efforts to uncover and expose the Chamber of Commerce’s hidden agenda of widespread national tort reform that closes the courthouse doors and strips citizens of their legal rights in order to provide Big Business with immunity from litigation. From a phony…
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Texas City BP explosion attorney hasn’t seen “any change” in industry regulation
Sunday marks 20 years since an isomerization unit explosion at what was BP’s Texas City oil refinery killed 15 people and injured about 180 others, resulting in one of the deadliest refinery explosions in the country’s history. Beaumont Attorney Brent Coon represented many of those injured in the 2005 blasts, including Eva Rowe, whose mother…
TEXAS LAWYER – Judge Spends 3 Hours Explaining His Decision
TEXAS LAWYER – January 17, 2025 – By Adolfo Pesquera A judge sympathetic to the hundreds of victims of the massive Port Neches refinery explosion was not able to convince the defendant corporation to pay $292 A proposed plea agreement between federal prosecutors and TPC Group that involved negotiations that excluded the crime victims, fell…
FEDERAL JUDGE LOWERS THE BOOM ON TPC FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES BROUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / TPC WALKS
FEDERAL JUDGE LOWERS THE BOOM ON TPC FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES BROUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / TPC WALKS On Friday, January 10, 2025, Federal Court Judge Michael Truncale called the attorneys representing the victims of the TPC refinery explosion case, TPC defense counsel and the Government prosecutors back to his courtroom so he could…