Refinery Blast Lawsuit Enters Jury Selection Phase
By Daniel Hawn
Published on October 24, 2006
The blast occurred on May 13, 2001, at the Hunt Oil Refinery in west Tuscaloosa. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit -- Kathy Traweek, Riley Spain, and Terri Williams -- all suffered various degrees of burns in the explosion.
The suit seeks damages from Conex International, a company based in Beaumont, Texas, that the plaintiffs say was responsible for the explosion.
Spain and Traweek's attorney, Bob Price, says that Conex workers left a steel hose loose on one of the refinery's machines, causing control room workers to obtain a false reading, which ultimately led to the blast.
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