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DRAWHORN v. TEXACO CHEMICAL CO.

No. 09-93-117 CV.

887 S.W.2d 510 (1994)

Avis R. DRAWHORN, Glena R. Cole, and Gerrell M. Drawhorn, Appellants, v. TEXACO CHEMICAL COMPANY and the B.F. Goodrich Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided November 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale K. Hanks, Townsley Hanks & Townsley, Beaumont, for appellants.

D. Allan Jones, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Stephen C. Dillard, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellees.

Before WALKER, C.J., and BROOKSHIRE and BURGESS, JJ.

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a wrongful death suit brought by the widow and certain children of Thomas Drawhorn (Plaintiffs), who died from leukemia on December 16, 1992. Plaintiffs contend Mr. Drawhorn's leukemia was caused by his exposure to the chemical butadiene while he worked at a synthetic rubber manufacturing facility in Port Neches, Texas.

Plaintiffs sued Texaco Chemical Company (Texaco), the successor to Neches Butane Products Company...

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